0 to kill someone by pressing their throat so that they cannot breathe -- 扼死，勒死，掐死
She had been strangled with her own scarf and her body dumped in the woods. 她被人用她自己的圍巾勒死，棄屍於樹林裡。
For years, the organization was strangled by excessive bureaucracy. 該機構多年來因官僚作風嚴重，發展受到阻滯。
There is a great deal of fear that the new restrictions might strangle the country's economy. 很多人害怕新的限制措施會抑制國家的經濟發展。
