Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. t.) To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. 2. (v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. 3. (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. 4. (v. i.) To be strangled, or suffocated.

Multi-Version Concordance Strangle (1 Occurrence) Matthew 27:5 and having cast down the silverlings in the sanctuary, he departed, and having gone away, he did strangle himself. (YLT)