Choke
Choke verb - To keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe.
Strangling is a synonym for choke. In some cases you can replace term "Strangling" with "Choke", this verbs are similar.
Strangling
Strangling noun - The act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe.
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Sure enough, in episode 6, a man starts strangling her, she gets stabby, and he collapses and dies before he can choke her out.
Source: Series / True Detective - Torture Technician: Their modus operandi is to grab heroes with a strangling device and drag them around as they slowly choke to death, before hanging the hero and leaving them to die.
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