strangulate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
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to strangle.
verb
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to constrict (a hollow organ, vessel, etc) so as to stop the natural flow of air, blood, etc, through it
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another word for strangle
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of strangulate
1655–65; < Latin strangulātus, past participle of strangulāre to strangle; see -ate 1
Example Sentences
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"The T cell attack seemed to incite oligodendrocytes to strangulate axons like a constrictor snake" Martini adds.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 28, 2023
I am not in very truth, and may the first jest I attempt to utter strangulate me outright, before it escapes from my lips.
From Gómez Arias Or, The Moors of the Alpujarras, A Spanish Historical Romance. by Joaquín Telesforo de Trueba y Cosío
The autopsy report said the obstruction was “in the form of a strangulated small bowel caused by adhesions that developed after bariatric surgery years ago.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2023
Mr Iles died from a strangulated hernia that cut off the blood supply to his heart at 17:10 GMT on 19 March.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2022
Darke speaks in “a strangulated croak, like a frog singing Wagner”.
From Economist ● Jan. 26, 2017
There’s a strangulated howl from somewhere within the crowd, a parting of red capped pizzaiolos, and she appears, shaking, a mass of nervous energy, so much disbelief and pride you can taste it.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 6, 2015
Her old assurance had deserted her; the strangulated contralto was losing its magic power, she felt, in this degenerating England it had ruled so long.
From Marriage by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Consultations with doctors eventually brought a brutal diagnosis: spasmodic dysphonia, a neurological disorder in which the muscles in the larynx tighten or lapse into spasms, strangulating speech while making singing a significant challenge.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Time is no longer a luxury, but a deprivation tied to the strangulating struggle for survival.
From Salon ● May 22, 2022
His finding his voice as a young guy, and really coming into his own, was an escape from a situation at home that I think was kind of strangulating.
From Slate ● Oct. 19, 2018
The hardcore metal trio resumes its litany of strangulating vocals, scraping grind and testosterone-rich heaviness.
From Chicago Tribune ● Jul. 20, 2013
Leaf-buds changed into flower-buds by wounding the bark, or strangulating a part of the branch.
From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin
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