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 Trueba y Cosío, Joaquín Telesforo de
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
Darke speaks in “a strangulated croak, like a frog singing Wagner”.
From Economist ● Jan. 26, 2017
The most common cause of death: strangulated hernia.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2016
There is also a bespectacled translator who speaks a strangulated English reminiscent of the TV comedy Monty Python.
From BBC ● Oct. 21, 2015
In course of time, however, the imprisoned gut becomes filled with feces, its return into the abdominal cavity is prevented, and it becomes strangulated.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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
The smell of this oil is not so overpowering, so pungently strangulating, as that emitted by the skunk; but all the wild creatures find it irresistibly disgusting.
From The House in the Water A Book of Animal Stories by Bull, Charles Livingston
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