- strangle, strangulate, throttle - 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"
--1 is one way to kill
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun strangulation1
They want to strangulate the prisoners
- strangulate - constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
--2 is one way to compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
Sample sentence:Derived form: noun strangulation3
Something ----s something
- strangulate - become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
--3 is one way to constrict, constringe, narrow
Sample sentence:
Something ----s