Choke

mainmise

(type of hold in wrestling etc.)

réduit

(constriction at a shotgun barrel)

starter

(control on a carburetor)

juguler

(prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)

s'étouffer

(be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

suffoquer

(be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe)

étouffer

(prevent someone from breathing by strangling them)