If you don't reform the party, you end up strangling the life out of it, he says.

He's got a noose around the metal woman's neck, and she's scrabbling at the rope that's strangling the life out of her.

He exulted, for he knew that his enemy was in his power at last; he was strangling him, strangling the life out of him.

While the kick-happy Welsh aren't as flashy as some other teams, they are masters of retaining possession and strangling the life out of their opponents.

Almost before I can realize that he's coming for me, he slams me down on the concrete and starts strangling the life out of me.