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Strangulate vs. Strangle — What's the Difference?

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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