vi. 窒息

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

<verb.contact> strangle throttle
he tried to strangle his opponent
A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

2. constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air

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3. become constricted

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The hernia will strangulate