1. 勒死;扼死;绞死;掐死
Strangulation is the act of killing someone by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.

1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe

e.g. no evidence that the choking was done by the accused

Synonym: chokingstranglingthrottling

2. (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid

e.g. strangulation of the intestine

3. the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage