jugulate

American  

[joo-gyuh-leyt, juhg-yuh-] / ˈdʒu gyəˌleɪt, ˈdʒʌg yə- /

verb (used with object)

jugulated, jugulating

1. to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.

2. to cut the throat of; kill.

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jugulate British  

/ ˈdʒʌɡjʊˌleɪt /

verb

1. rare (tr) to check (a disease) by extreme measures or remedies

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Other Word Forms

• jugulation noun

Etymology

Origin of jugulate

1615–25; < Latin jugulātus (past participle of jugulāre to cut the throat of ), equivalent to jugul ( um ) throat ( jug ( um ) yoke ¹ + -ulum -ule ) + -ā- theme vowel + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

My New Oxford American dictionary describes “deracinate” as a “poetic/literary” term, and both “jugulate” and “delate” as “archaic.”

From New York Times

But what Louis did was this: he showed by a strict analysis of numerous cases that bleeding did not strangle,—jugulate was the word then used,—acute diseases, more especially pneumonia.

From Project Gutenberg