strangulate

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/ˈstɹæŋɡ(j)əleɪ̯t//ˈstɹeɪ̯ŋɡ(j)əleɪ̯t//ˈstɹɛ̃ŋɡ(j)əleɪ̯t/

verb

To strangle.

Similar
stranglethrottle
OriginLatin strangulō →
Scrabble 12
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Meanings

verbstrangulate (third-person singular simple present strangulates, present participle strangulating, simple past and past participle strangulated)

present singular third person strangulates · participle present strangulating · participle past strangulated · past strangulated

  1. To strangle.

    One moment I was ashamed and frightened, another recklessly optimistic. Taboos strangulated me. Psychoanalysts wooed me with pseudoliberations of pseudolibidoes.

    1955 September 15, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita, Paris: The Olympia Press […], →OCLC
  2. medicineTo stop flow through a vessel.

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
stranglethrottle
Broader
kill
Also see
stranglethrottle

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinstrangulō
  2. Englishstrangulate

From Latin strangulō.

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APA

strangulate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangulate

MLA

“strangulate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangulate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “strangulate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/strangulate.

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