节流

[ noun ]
the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
<noun.act>
no evidence that the choking was done by the accused

Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L.
strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E.
string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to
death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
rope.

Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
strangle herself. --Ayliffe.

2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.

Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak.

3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
``Strangle such thoughts.'' --Shak.