strangled

verb

1. 1

   To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.

   “He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.”

2. 2

   To stifle or suppress.

   “She strangled a scream.”

3. 3

   To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

   “The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.”

4. 4

   To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.