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" Synonym(s):strangle, strangulate, throttle
constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Strangulate \Stran"gu*late\, a. (Bot.)
Strangulated.