v.勒死；窒息；限制

The hooligan strangled her with a piece of string. 那流氓用一根繩子把她勒死了。

She strangled before she was taken to hospital. 她在被送往醫(yī)院之前便窒息而死。

When I attended his lecture, I always tried hard to strangle yawns. 我上他的課時，總是竭力地制止自己打呵欠。

The dictator's first step was to strangle the free press. 獨裁者的第一步是扼殺新聞自由。