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Yes, strangle is playable

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"Strangle" Definition

verb-intransitive

To become strangled.
To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

verb-transitive

To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.
To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict: "That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms” ( James Baldwin).
To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
To suppress, repress, or stifle: strangle a scream.

verb

To choke to death by compressing the throat with something (as a hand or rope) .
To obstruct seriously or fatally the normal breathing of.
To suppress or hinder the rise, expression, or growth of .
To become .
To die from or as if from interference with breathing.

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