strangle, strangulate, throttle -- (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes")
strangulate -- (constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air)
strangulate -- (become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate")
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