To choke by compression of the windpipe; kill by choking; throttle.
To suppress; keep from emergence or appearance; stifle.
To suffocate by drowning. Defoe.
To be choked or strangled.
noun.
Strangulation.
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plural An infectious catarrh of the upper air-passages, especially the nasal cavity, of the horse, ass, and mule, associated with suppuration of the submaxillary and other lymphatic glands.
noun.
In wrestling, a hold by which the wrestler's breathing is hampered.