v. t. - 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.
v. t. - To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
v. t. - To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
v. i. - To be strangled, or suffocated.