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To suffocate; to choke; to compress the trachea so as to prevent sufficient passage of air. [G. strangaloo, to choke, fr. strangale, a halter]

stran·gle 'straŋ-gəl vb, stran·gled; stran·gling -g(ə-)liŋ vt

1) to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (as a hand or rope)

2) to obstruct seriously or fatally the normal breathing of <the bone wedged in his throat and strangled him> vi

1) to become strangled: undergo a severe interference with breathing

2) to die from interference with breathing