Strangulate

Word STRANGULATE
Character 11
Hyphenation stran gu late
Pronunciations N/A

Definitions and meanings of "Strangulate"

What do we mean by strangulate?

To strangle. intransitive verb

To compress, constrict, or obstruct (an organ, duct, or other body part) so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid. intransitive verb

To be or become strangled, compressed, constricted, or obstructed. intransitive verb

Same as strangulated.

To strangle; in pathology, to compress so as to suppress the function of a part, as a loop of intestine, a vessel, or a nerve. See strangulated.

Strangulated. adjective

To stop flow through a vessel. verb

To strangle. verb

Kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air verb

Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air verb

Become constricted verb

To stop flow through a vessel.

To strangle.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Strangulate

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The word "strangulate" in example sentences

Resisting the urge to strangulate the offending appliance with its own electrical cord I hadn't the energy, to be honest; I quite literally rolled out of bed and dropped to the floor. ❋ Kristie Ko (2011)

Charlie Kennel was handpicked by Dan Goldin to lead Earth Science and to strangulate EOS. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But only in the last three years have they gotten dangerously high, fueling algae blooms that strangulate fish, smother the water in a putrid green-and-turquoise foam, clog boat engines, foul the air with rancid odors, and emit toxins that can cause permanent health problems in people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

What American would finally not see who is willing to triangulate and who just wants to strangulate? ❋ Mark Olmsted (2010)

The ideal of freedom, its protection at home as well as its evangelization overseas, is repeatedly invoked to justify military interventionism, almost as if without a world vigilante constantly fanning the flames of liberty, asphyxiation would strangulate the planet's supposedly oppressed. ❋ Unknown (2010)

" My idea is not to strangulate " the business, he said, noting that it can be an effective tool for reaching poor people with financial services who fall outside the banking mainstream. ❋ Paul Beckett (2010)

Surely the Yanks and the Queen of England have now settled any residual grudges dating back to pre 1776 and there is no longer any need to publicly strangulate Her Majesty's language - at least not on a British Blog. ❋ Unknown (2008)

So far US has and is trying to strangulate Iran's economy (please read "Plan for Economic Strangulation of Iran"), repeatedly breached the Iranian airspace, arrested its diplomats and according to the latest reports probably has been involved in kidnapping another diplomat [13]. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Not only would it steer clear of the muscular cultural nationalism flaunted by the Hindutva brigade, but also fight forcefully the soulless secular policies thrust by the Marxists to strangulate the national polity. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2007)

One, upon its creation, by neighbors who demandedthat the nascent state be destroyed immediately and the second war, eight years later,when its neighbors decided to cut off and strangulate Israel's supply lines. ❋ Lionheart (2007)

Those in the Occupied Territories were taught a lesson by the blockade: in the absence of complete acquiescence, the international community is willing to coerce, strangulate, impoverish, and kill in the name of the greater goal. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Predictable the Most Annoying Family on Television are really annoying when they find out about the delay in ulcer surgery and the patient patient is super nice, leaving all of us wanting to strangulate her family as an act of holiday goodwill. ❋ Unknown (2005)

We have liquidated big outfits and we are not going to strangulate anybody now. ❋ Unknown (1960)

He may have passed a section of "stout thread" through the track of the new opening and tied a "firm knot" at the end, to strangulate the tissue over time in much the same way a thread or post keeps the hole in a newly pierced ear from closing. ❋ Cornwell, Patricia (1930)

On the surface there were several large cicatrices which had resulted from attempts to strangulate it by ligature. ❋ John Allan (1914)

When the Ministry of Telecom reportedly delayed the floating of tenders for the procurement of sophisticated equipment for augmenting the mobile phone capacity, the trade unions alleged that this "calculated move" would strangulate the BSNL, as it would only benefit private operators. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The "choking game" is an activity in which persons strangulate themselves to achieve euphoria through brief hypoxia. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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