strangle Synonyms

gag strangulate halter suffocate cramp hamper throttle stifle smother choke muffle repress squelch strangling strang smothered smothering quell squeeze stifling stifled chokes strangles stranglehold sit on garrotte choke back bite back button up hold down hold back suppress suffocating suffocated subdue strangulation strangulated silence restrict restrain crush contract contain constringe constrict constricted compress choking choked burke