· kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangulate his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"

Synonym(s): strangulate, throttle

Hypernym(s): kill

· suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"

Synonym(s): smother, stifle, muffle, repress

Hypernym(s): inhibit, bottle_up, suppress

· die from strangulation

Hypernym(s): suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate

· prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

Synonym(s): hamper, halter, cramp

Hypernym(s): restrict, trammel, limit, bound, confine, throttle

· constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

Synonym(s): choke

Hypernym(s): compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

· struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

Synonym(s): gag, choke, suffocate

Hypernym(s): suffer, hurt