To tie or catch in a noose; to entrap or ensnare.
An adjustable loop of rope, such as the one placed around the neck in hangings, or the one at the end of a lasso.
To destroy; to extinguish.
To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.