Strangulate

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  • intransitive verb. 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.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Strangulated.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To stop flow through a vessel.
  • verb. To strangle.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
    • Word Usage
    "Charlie Kennel was handpicked by Dan Goldin to lead Earth Science and to strangulate EOS."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    compact  compress  constrict  constringe  contract  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    constrict  strangulated  
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