strangle
     v 1: 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" [syn: {strangulate},
           {throttle}]
     2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
        "strangle a yawn" [syn: {smother}, {stifle}, {muffle}, {repress}]
     3: die from strangulation
     4: prevent the progress or free movement of; "He was hampered
        in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperilist nation
        wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small
        countries" [syn: {hamper}, {halter}, {cramp}]
     5: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing [syn: {choke}]
     6: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he
        swallowed a fishbone and gagged" [syn: {gag}, {choke}, {suffocate}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0