See strangle in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To interfere with or stop the normal breathing of, especially by constricting the windpipe:
choke, throttle. See breathTo hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:
burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, suppress, throttle. (Informal) sit on (or upon). See restraint
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