خنَقَ يَخنُق، خَنْقًا، فهو خانِق، والمفعول مَخْنوق وخنيق

ضغط على رقبته، أو عصَر حَلْقَه حتى مات، كتَم نَفَسه أو أصاب نفسَه بضيق

🇬🇧 Translation:

Pressed his neck, or squeezed his throat until he died, stifled his breath or caused him shortness of breath (choked/strangled)

• غصَّ بالبكاء حتى كأن الدموع أخذت بحلقه
• خنَق ثورة : عطَّلها
• في وقت خانق : أي : ضيّق قليل.

🇬🇧 Translation:

• Choked with weeping as if tears seized his throat
• Strangled a revolution: thwarted it
• In a suffocating time: meaning, tight and little (pressing time).