vb, stran*gled  stran*gling  vt  1  :  to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (as a hand or rope)  2  :  to obstruct seriously or fatally the normal breathing of <the bone wedged in his throat and strangled him>  vi  1  :  to become strangled  :  undergo a severe interference with breathing  2  :  to die from interference with breathing .
 
 
 
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