Main entry: choke, gag, suffocate, strangle
Definition: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
Usage: he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
Definition: constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
Main entry: halter, hamper, strangle, cramp
Definition: prevent the progress or free movement of
Usage: He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather; the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
Main entry: strangle
Definition: die from strangulation
Main entry: repress, smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
Definition: conceal or hide
Usage: smother a yawn; muffle one's anger; strangle a yawn
Main entry: strangle, strangulate, throttle
Definition: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
Usage: he tried to strangle his opponent; A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes