stran·gle 
(strănggəl)
(strănggəl)v. stran·gled, stran·gling, stran·gles
v.tr.
1.
a. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
b. 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).
v.intr.
1. To become strangled.
2. To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.
[Middle English stranglen, from Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulāre, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē, halter.]
strangler n.
- thermostatically
- thermotactic
- thermotaxic
- thermotaxis
- thermotherapy
- thermotropic
- thermotropism
- -thermy
- theropod
- the royal road
- Thes.
- "the Sailor King."
- thesaurus
- "the Say Hey Kid."
- "the Scourge of the Gods."
- these
- Thesean
- these days
- "the Seraphic Doctor."
- Theseus
- the shirt off back
- the shirt off (one's) back
- the shirt off one's back
- the shoe is on the other foot
- the short end of the stick