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Definition: Strangulate |
StrangulateVerb1. Squeeze the throat of; "he tried to strangle his opponent". 2. Constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air. 3. Become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: StrangulateSynonyms: strangle (v), throttle (v). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
strangulate | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "strangulate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | ngushtohet, ndërpres (abort, break, break up, call, cease, cut off, desist, discontinue, heckle, intercept, interjaculate, intermit, interrupt, intersect, leave off, punctuate, stop, suspend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خنق (asphyxiate, choke, flummox, garrote, neck, overlay, overpower, sizzle, stifle, strangle, strangulation, stultify, suffocate, suffocation, throttle, throttling, worry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | удушавам (mug, stifle, strangle, suffocate), задушавам се (strangle, suffocate), притискам (constrict, embosom, jam, pin, pin down, pinch, press, press down, screw, snuggle, squeeze, strain, throng, weight down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zaškrtit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | گلورافشردن (Throttle), خفه کردن (Asphyxiate, Choke, Extinguish, Mute, Scrag, Shutup, Smolder, Smother, Squash, Stifle, Strangle, Suffocate, Throttle), خفقان ایجادکردن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | étrangler (strangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | abschnüren (cut off, to strangulate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σφίγγω (clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clip, constrict, cramp, enfold, grasp, grip, gripe, squeeze, tighten), στραγγαλίζω (choke, garrotte, scrag, strangle, throttle), πνίγω (choke, drown, muffle, overwhelm, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, throttle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לש ק, לח וק (choke, garrote, stifle, strangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elkölt (had, have, to have). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | mengepit, membebang. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | strangolare (choke, retch, strangle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | angulatestray estrangular (choke, emote, garotte, garrotte, mug, quell, scrag, strangle, suffocate, suppress, throttle). (various references) сжимать (clasp, clench, compress, constrict, contract, grip, jam, pinch, shrank, shrunk, squeeze, squeezed, strain, tighten, vice, vise). (various references) ukleštiti (nip, seize). (various references) estrangular (choke, strangle, throttle). (various references) strypa (choke, garrotte, scrag, strangle, throttle), snöra av. (various references) sıkmak (ail, bore, bother, Chevy, chivvy, chivy, clench, constipate, constrict, crush, cumber, depress, distress, extrude, give the willies, grip, harass, hatchel, hold tight, incommode, irk, jam, load, make fast, mope, oppress, pinch, press, pressurize, pull on, ream, ream out, squeeze, straiten, tighten), dolaşımı engellemek, boğmak (asphyxiate, Burke, choke, drown, glut, inundate, jugulate, overwhelm, smother, smother with, stifle, strangle, suffocate, throttle, whelm). (various references) стискати (astringe, clasp, constrict, contract, cramp, jam, nip, pinch, straiten, throttle, tighten), душити (asphyxiate, champ, choke, smother, stifle, suffocate, throttle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "strangulate": strangulated, strangulates. (additional references) | |
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"Strangulate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: strangulare. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "strangulate" (pronounced stra"nggyulā't) |
| 6 | -g y u l ā' t | coagulate, overregulate, regulate, reregulate. |
| 5 | -y u l ā' t | accumulate, articulate, calculate, circulate, copulate, depopulate, emulate, formulate, inoculate, manipulate, miscalculate, populate, recalculate, reformulate, simulate, speculate, stimulate, stipulate, tabulate. |
| 4 | -u l ā' t | adulate, annihilate, assimilate, congratulate, correlate, distillate, encapsulate, escalate, extrapolate, flagellate, gastrulate, insulate, interpolate, isolate, lanceolate, mutilate, oscillate, percolate, postulate, recapitulate, titillate, undulate, vacillate, ventilate. |
| 3 | -l ā' t | angulate, boilerplate, breastplate, capitulate, contemplate, ejaculate, electroplate, legislate, nameplate. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-l-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
-1 letter: gastrulate, granulates, gratulates. | |
-2 letters: alterants, angulates, gastrulae, gauntlets, granulate, gratulate, resultant, runagates, sultanate, tarletans, translate. | |
-3 letters: agrestal, alterant, angulate, argental, asternal, atlantes, gantlets, gastrula, gauntest, gauntlet, gestural, granules, gruntles, guttlers, languets, lustrate, naturals, neutrals, regattas, runagate, saturant, saturate, slattern, stagnate, strangle, tanagers, tanglers, tantalus, tarletan, taunters, tuateras, tutelars. | |
-4 letters: agnates, alegars, angelus, anglers, angular. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-g-l-n-r-s-t-t-u" | |
+1 letter: strangulated, strangulates, triangulates. | |
+2 letters: congratulates. | |
+4 letters: triangularities. | |
+5 letters: rectangularities. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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