strangle
verb
[ ˈstraŋɡ(ə)l ]
• squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death.
• "the victim was strangled with a scarf"
Origin:
Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē ‘halter’, related to strangos ‘twisted’.
