MEANING
1. To compress the throat or neck so that breathing is cut off.
2. To constrict tissue so tightly that its blood supply is impaired or stopped.
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Words that belong together
- strangulate a victim
- strangulated by a cord
On the page
The cord had strangulated the victim before anyone heard a struggle.
They found evidence that he had been strangulated rather than drowned.
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Word forms
- Base
- strangulate
- Past tense
- strangulated
- Past participle
- strangulated
- Present participle
- strangulating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- strangulate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are strangulating
- Present perfect
- have/has strangulated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been strangulating
- Past
- strangulated
- Past continuous
- was/were strangulating
- Past perfect
- had strangulated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been strangulating
- Future
- will strangulate
- Future continuous
- will be strangulating
- Future perfect
- will have strangulated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been strangulating
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Usage notes
Primary category: horror. Forms: strangulate; strangulates; strangulated; strangulated; strangulating Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: strangulates.
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