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		Definition of strangulate in English: strangulateverb ˈstraŋɡjʊleɪtˈstræŋɡjəˌleɪt [with object]1Medicine  Prevent circulation of the blood supply through (a part of the body, especially a hernia) by constriction.  Example sentencesExamples -  Acutely strangulated haemorrhoids occur as a result of thrombus formation resulting in gross swelling, irreducible prolapse, and severe pain.
 -  Pain is not common but can occur when the pile is strangulated or clotted.
 -  These can get caught on objects and strangulate the child.
 -  He said the defendant decided to do away with her cousin when she could not repay the loan, and had her strangulated, by two close aides.
 -  Amniotic bands that connected a hypocoiled cord to the fetal neck and strangulated the neck were seen in one case.
 -  If a child was doing it, it could encircle and strangulate part of the body and that would interfere with the blood supply.
 -  His best feathered friend is an adopted Canada goose named Gilligan that he saved from strangulating in a fishing net, an ongoing love affair that will soon become a children's book.
 -  He subsequently underwent surgery to remove six feet of small intestine, which had strangulated itself because a benign tumor of fat cells that restricted blood flow.
 
 2informal Strangle; throttle.  the poor woman died strangulated  Example sentencesExamples -  In the more humane 19th cent., however, the sight of poor folk being strangulated for minor offences became less acceptable, and other methods of crime prevention were sought.
 -  The car's waist got higher and fatter and the engine became increasingly strangulated by anti-emissions equipment as the years rolled by.
 -  As the project is executed with aid from the World Bank, there may be several strings attached that may eventually strangulate the unsuspecting customers whose immediate need is water.
 -  But the law is free of that strangulating formalism that is seen as a burden rather than a blessing.
 -  The minorities, especially the ten million Christians, are physically, socially and spiritually strangulated and trapped under the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan.
 -  He has beaten up his mother and children and even tried to strangulate one child.
 -  As a consequence, the city is reduced to humdrum of brick and mortar breeding environmental and health hazards while strangulating human existence.
 -  In the 1990s and beyond, institutions of higher education in Africa, especially the universities, must contend with several interrelated major problems, whose combined effect threatens to strangulate them…
 -  The Government has decided to legislate, regulate and, as usual, strangulate.
 -  He came up with the scheme in response to strangulating trading blocks imposed by England, which had led to widespread poverty in Scotland.
 -  Indian fashion is at a different stage of development and just arbitrarily dumping foreign trends into clothes stores strangulates Indian tastes and style.
 -  Using strangulated syntax instead of plain English means that the real meaning can be concealed from all save the magic circle of fellow-professionals who are in on the act.
 -  All of a sudden - when the working classes benefit - we get a massed chorus warning of money's strangulating effect.
 -  Mr Surjewala said the government had strangulated the democracy in Haryana by registering false criminal cases against Congress leaders and workers.
 -  This absorbs the human resources of the police and reduces their ability to strangulate the supply route.
 
  Synonyms throttle, choke, garrotte - 2.1as adjective strangulated Sounding as though the utterer's throat is constricted.
 Example sentencesExamples -  The music is volatile: its percussion tribal and its lead like a snake charmer's flute, strangulated forever.
 -  Though he can do all the pro forma stuff in bigger settings, his performances can be stiff and strangulated.
 -  The gruff, strangulated tones seemed to reflect the woman's petulant desires and suffocated potential, making her initially quite grotesque but ultimately deeply sympathetic.
 -  Her voice is as sexy as ever, yet, for such a small venue as the Blue Heron Arts Center, often too loud, and sometimes curiously strangulated.
 -  Kristin doesn't so much sing as offer strangulated, childlike whispers that are often double-tracked.
 -  Mason's low, slightly strangulated voice is perfect for suggesting the thin-lipped intensity of his newly unpeeled anger.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 17th century (in the sense 'suffocate'): from Latin strangulat- 'choked', from the verb strangulare (see strangle).    Definition of strangulate in US English: strangulateverbˈstræŋɡjəˌleɪtˈstraNGɡyəˌlāt [with object]1Medicine  Prevent circulation of the blood supply through (a part of the body, especially a hernia) by constriction.  Example sentencesExamples -  He subsequently underwent surgery to remove six feet of small intestine, which had strangulated itself because a benign tumor of fat cells that restricted blood flow.
 -  These can get caught on objects and strangulate the child.
 -  He said the defendant decided to do away with her cousin when she could not repay the loan, and had her strangulated, by two close aides.
 -  His best feathered friend is an adopted Canada goose named Gilligan that he saved from strangulating in a fishing net, an ongoing love affair that will soon become a children's book.
 -  Acutely strangulated haemorrhoids occur as a result of thrombus formation resulting in gross swelling, irreducible prolapse, and severe pain.
 -  If a child was doing it, it could encircle and strangulate part of the body and that would interfere with the blood supply.
 -  Pain is not common but can occur when the pile is strangulated or clotted.
 -  Amniotic bands that connected a hypocoiled cord to the fetal neck and strangulated the neck were seen in one case.
 
 2informal Strangle; throttle.  the poor woman died strangulated  Example sentencesExamples -  He has beaten up his mother and children and even tried to strangulate one child.
 -  In the more humane 19th cent., however, the sight of poor folk being strangulated for minor offences became less acceptable, and other methods of crime prevention were sought.
 -  Using strangulated syntax instead of plain English means that the real meaning can be concealed from all save the magic circle of fellow-professionals who are in on the act.
 -  Indian fashion is at a different stage of development and just arbitrarily dumping foreign trends into clothes stores strangulates Indian tastes and style.
 -  Mr Surjewala said the government had strangulated the democracy in Haryana by registering false criminal cases against Congress leaders and workers.
 -  But the law is free of that strangulating formalism that is seen as a burden rather than a blessing.
 -  In the 1990s and beyond, institutions of higher education in Africa, especially the universities, must contend with several interrelated major problems, whose combined effect threatens to strangulate them…
 -  As the project is executed with aid from the World Bank, there may be several strings attached that may eventually strangulate the unsuspecting customers whose immediate need is water.
 -  The Government has decided to legislate, regulate and, as usual, strangulate.
 -  This absorbs the human resources of the police and reduces their ability to strangulate the supply route.
 -  The car's waist got higher and fatter and the engine became increasingly strangulated by anti-emissions equipment as the years rolled by.
 -  He came up with the scheme in response to strangulating trading blocks imposed by England, which had led to widespread poverty in Scotland.
 -  As a consequence, the city is reduced to humdrum of brick and mortar breeding environmental and health hazards while strangulating human existence.
 -  All of a sudden - when the working classes benefit - we get a massed chorus warning of money's strangulating effect.
 -  The minorities, especially the ten million Christians, are physically, socially and spiritually strangulated and trapped under the Blasphemy Law in Pakistan.
 
  Synonyms throttle, choke, garrotte - 2.1as adjective strangulated Sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted.
 Example sentencesExamples -  The gruff, strangulated tones seemed to reflect the woman's petulant desires and suffocated potential, making her initially quite grotesque but ultimately deeply sympathetic.
 -  Her voice is as sexy as ever, yet, for such a small venue as the Blue Heron Arts Center, often too loud, and sometimes curiously strangulated.
 -  Though he can do all the pro forma stuff in bigger settings, his performances can be stiff and strangulated.
 -  Mason's low, slightly strangulated voice is perfect for suggesting the thin-lipped intensity of his newly unpeeled anger.
 -  Kristin doesn't so much sing as offer strangulated, childlike whispers that are often double-tracked.
 -  The music is volatile: its percussion tribal and its lead like a snake charmer's flute, strangulated forever.
 
  
 
 Origin   Mid 17th century (in the sense ‘suffocate’): from Latin strangulat- ‘choked’, from the verb strangulare (see strangle).     |