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Words related to strangulate

Related / Similar Words: strangle, throttle

Definition:

become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate";

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

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";

Hyponyms: garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag

Entailments: compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press

Derivational Morphology: strangulation, garroter, garrotter, strangler, throttler, choker, choking, strangling, throttling, strangler tree

Anagrams: genus Lutra

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NB is similar to nota bene, N.B., niobium, Nb and atomic number 41.

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