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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
- Example: "he tried to strangle his opponent"
- Example: "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
[syn: strangle, strangulate, throttle]

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

3. become constricted;
- Example: "The hernia will strangulate"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Strangulate \Stran"gu*late\, a. (Bot.)
   Strangulated.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

strangulate
    v 1: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
         "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has
         been strangling several dozen prostitutes" [syn:
         strangle, strangulate, throttle]
    2: constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of
       blood or air
    3: become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"