- Garrotte - Hamper - Throttle - 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. - To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. - To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. - To be strangled, or suffocated.