VERB | contact | strangulate, strangle, throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
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contact | strangulate | constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air | |
change | strangulate | become constricted |
Sounds | strae'nggyahley.t | |
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Rhymes | abate ... welterweight: 559 rhymes with eyt... |
Meaning | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to strangulate the prisoners | |
Synonyms | strangle, throttle | |
Entails | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
Narrower | garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag | strangle with an iron collar |
Broader | kill | Cause to die |
Spanish | ahogar, estrangular | |
Catalan | estrangular | |
Nouns | strangulation | the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe |
Meaning | constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s something | |
Broader | compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press | squeeze or press together |
Spanish | estrangular | |
Nouns | strangulation | (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid |
Meaning | Become constricted. | |
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Pattern | Something ----s | |
Example | "The hernia will strangulate" | |
Broader | constrict, constringe, narrow | Become tight or as if tight |
Spanish | estrangularse | |
Catalan | estrangular-se, estrangular |
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