Verbs

(v)strangle, strangulate, throttlekill 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”
(v)strangulateconstrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
(v)strangulatebecome constricted“The hernia will strangulate”