strangle (v.)
- abbreviate
- asphyxiate
- bang
- bar
- barricade
- batten
- behead
- block
- blockade
- bolt
- burke
- burn
- button
- censor
- chock
- choke
- circumscribe
- clap
- close
- compact
- compress
- concentrate
- condense
- consolidate
- constrict
- constringe
- contain
- contract
- cork
- cover
- cramp
- crowd
- crucify
- crush
- curtail
- debar
- decapitate
- decollate
- decrease
- defenestrate
- deflate
- disarm
- dog
- draw
- drown
- electrocute
- enchain
- execute
- extinguish
- famish
- fasten
- fold
- gag
- garrote
- guillotine
- hamstring
- handcuff
- hobble
- hog-tie
- jam
- key
- kill
- knit
- lapidate
- latch
- lock
- manacle
- muffle
- muzzle
- narrow
- obstruct
- occlude
- pack
- padlock
- paralyze
- plumb
- prostrate
- pucker
- purse
- quash
- quell
- quench
- reduce
- repress
- seal
- secure
- shoot
- shorten
- shush
- shut
- silence
- slam
- smash
- smother
- snap
- solidify
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- stanch
- starve
- stifle
- stone
- strangulate
- stultify
- subdue
- suffocate
- suppress
- throttle
- wrinkle
- zipper