strangulate (Meaning)
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strangulate (v)
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
become constricted
Synonyms & Antonyms of strangulate
No Synonyms and anytonyms found
strangulate Sentence Examples
- The assailant attempted to strangulate his victim with a rope.
- The high-rise building seemed to strangulate the city below.
- The intense pressure of the snake's coils threatened to strangulate its prey.
- The vines wrapped around the tree, menacingly strangulating it.
- The economic crisis strangulated small businesses, forcing them to close.
- The suffocating heat of the desert almost strangulated the travelers.
- The dictator's oppressive regime strangulated dissent.
- The police car's siren wailed, as if it were strangulating the silence of the night.
- The weight of the expectations laid upon her threatened to strangulate her spirit.
- The narrow passageway strangulated the flow of customers into the store.
FAQs About the word strangulate
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air, constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air, become constricted
No synonyms found.
No antonyms found.
The assailant attempted to strangulate his victim with a rope.
The high-rise building seemed to strangulate the city below.
The intense pressure of the snake's coils threatened to strangulate its prey.
The vines wrapped around the tree, menacingly strangulating it.
