strangulare, with or without laqueo (to be distinguished from jugulare = to cut the throat; and suffocare = to suffocate): laqueo interimere (Hor., Sat., 2, 3, 131: ☞ laqueo gulam frangere, Sall., Cat., 55, 5, should be avoided as obsolete): fauces alicui interprimere, interstringere (Plaut., Suet.), spiritum elidere (Suet.): fauces elidere (Ov.).