1. They saw male cephalopods guarding the dens of their mates for several days, warding off rivals and even strangling them if they got too close.
2. The resulting distortion is strangling Japan's sensibility toward diplomacy with neighboring countries.
3. The historical experience of China's past 60 years proves that a system snuffing out economic efficiency is often a system strangling individual rights and capabilities.
4. After she gave birth, she killed the baby by strangling it and knocking its head against the wall.
5. Soaring oil prices worldwide and increasingly serious pollution caused by inefficient use of energy is apparently strangling China's economic development and social progress.
6. Wounds from knife stabs and strangling were also found across the victims'body.
noun
1. the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
e.g. no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
Synonym: choking strangulation throttling