strangle (strangles 3rd person present) (strangling present participle) (strangled past tense & past participle )
1 verb To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
(=throttle)
He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun... V n
2 verb To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions... V n