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strangulate   (TTS Sound)

The verb strangulate has 3 senses

• strangle, strangulate, throttle -- (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")


• strangulate -- (constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air)


• strangulate -- (become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate")