strangulate-v; 2 Senses

Sense Number 1: kill by squeezing one's throat

Examples:
He tied her jeans around her neck and strangulated her.
If it is too tight, Wilbur could strangulate.
Such cords were used to strangulate horses.

Mappings:
VerbNet: poison-42.2
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: strangulate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: become constricted

Examples:
It permits the state to strangulate the right to choose abortion.
I might garble, strangulate my words.
His story quickly turned dreary and strangulated.
The positive valence would be strangulated.
I felt so strangulated talking that I turned to writing songs.

Mappings:
VerbNet: other_cos-45.4
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: strangulate.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2, 3