STRANGULATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does strangulate mean? 

• STRANGULATE (verb)
  The verb STRANGULATE has 3 senses:

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

2. constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air

3. become constricted

  Familiarity information: STRANGULATE used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STRANGULATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they strangulate    ... he / she / it strangulates   
Past simple: strangulated   
Past participle: strangulated   
-ing form: strangulating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

strangle; strangulate; throttle

Context example:

A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

Hypernyms (to "strangulate" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

"Strangulate" entails doing...:

compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "strangulate"):

garotte; garrote; garrotte; scrag (strangle with an iron collar)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to strangulate the prisoners

Derivation:

strangulation (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "strangulate" is one way to...):

compact; compress; constrict; contract; press; squeeze (squeeze or press together)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

strangulation ((pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Become constricted

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

The hernia will strangulate

Hypernyms (to "strangulate" is one way to...):

constrict; constringe; narrow (become tight or as if tight)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s