Strangulate vs. Strangle — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Strangulate and Strangle
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Strangulate
To strangle.
Strangle
To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
Strangulate
(Medicine) To compress, constrict, or obstruct (an organ, duct, or other body part) so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
Strangulate an intestinal hernia.
Strangle
To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.
Strangulate
To be or become strangled, compressed, constricted, or obstructed.
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Strangle
To suppress, repress, or stifle
Strangle a scream.
Strangulate
(medicine) To stop flow through a vessel.
Strangle
To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict
"That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms" (James Baldwin).
Strangulate
To strangle.
Strangle
To become strangled.
Strangulate
Strangulated.
Strangle
To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.
Strangulate
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
Strangle
(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
Strangulate
Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
Strangle
(transitive) To stifle or suppress.
She strangled a scream.
Strangulate
Become constricted;
The hernia will strangulate
Strangle
(intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
Strangle
(intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
Strangle
(finance) A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.
Strangle
To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
Strangle
To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . . And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
Strangle
To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
Strangle
To be strangled, or suffocated.
Strangle
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
Strangle
Conceal or hide;
Smother a yawn
Muffle one's anger
Strangle a yawn
Strangle
Die from strangulation
Strangle
Prevent the progress or free movement of;
He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
The imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
Strangle
Constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
Strangle
Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
He swallowed a fishbone and gagged
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