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Synonyms
stran·gle (strănǵgəl)

[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulāre, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē, halter.]

verb: -gled, -gling, -gles. 

transitive verb 

    1. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
    2. To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.
  2. To suppress, repress, or stifle: strangle a scream.
  3. To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict: “That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms” (James Baldwin)

intransitive verb 

  1. To become strangled.
  2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

derivatives

strańgler
noun