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strangle. 1  v kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. 2  v constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing. 3  v die from strangulation.  v struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen 1  intake. v prevent the progress or free movement 2  of. v conceal or  hide.
Strangulation is simply cutting off the blood flow and/or the air flow by applying external pressure to the neck. Cut off fresh air (via the blood) to the brain, and brain death will occur. Strangulation can be accomplished one of three ways: hanging, ligature, and manual. Hanging is typically found in suicides and auto-erotic asphyxia cases. Ligature is the use of a piece of rope, chain, or other material the strangle another person.