What is the meaning of strangling?

noun

• The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
  • usage: "no evidence that the choking was done by the accused"
  • synonyms: choking, strangulation, throttling

verb

• Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air.
  • usage: "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
  • synonyms: strangle, strangulate, throttle
• Conceal or hide.
  • usage: "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
  • synonyms: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
• Die from strangulation.
  • synonyms: strangle
• Prevent the progress or free movement of.
  • usage: "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"; "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
  • synonyms: hamper, halter, cramp, strangle
• Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing.
  • synonyms: choke, strangle
• Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake.
  • usage: "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
  • synonyms: gag, choke, strangle, suffocate