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Definition of Strangulate
1. Verb. Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. "They want to strangulate the prisoners "; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
Generic synonyms: Kill
Entails: Compact, Compress, Constrict, Contract, Press, Squeeze
Specialized synonyms: Garotte, Garrote, Garrotte, Scrag
Derivative terms: Strangler, Strangler, Strangling, Strangulation, Strangulation, Throttler, Throttling
2. Verb. Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air.
Derivative terms: Strangulation
3. Verb. Become constricted. "The hernia will strangulate"
Definition of Strangulate
1. a. Strangulated.
Definition of Strangulate
1. Verb. (medicine) To stop flow through a vessel. ¹
2. Verb. To strangle. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Strangulate
1. [v -LATED, -LATING, -LATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strangulate
Literary usage of Strangulate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Journal of Medicine (1855)
"It is, indeed, the best sign \ve can observe, as it proves that decay is going
on, that the stem is sufficiently compressed to strangulate the vessels which ..."
2. A Glossary of French Slang by Olivier Leroy (1922)
"Serrer le kiki, to strangulate. kile, sl>. m. kilo. kilo, sb. m. Litre. Payer un
kilo, to stand a man a pint, ..."
3. Monthly Journal of Medical Science (1855)
"It is, indeed, the best sign we can observe, as it proves that decay is going
on, that the stem is sufficiently compressed to strangulate the vessels which ..."
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