cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly

the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

someone who kills by strangling

an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

strangle with an iron collar

squeeze or press together