strangle

verb

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air"he tried to strangulate his opponent"
2. suppress in order to conceal or hide"smother a yawn"
3. die from strangulation
4. prevent the progress or free movement of"He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
5. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"