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Meanings of strangulate in English

Catalan
estrangular
Spanish
estrangular

To kill by squeezing the neck in order to compress the carotide and/or trachea.

        estrangular
        Usage of strangulate in English
        1
        You cannot try to strangulate the market, the market will move out, Prasad said.
        Reuters
        2
        I'll need to strangulate him, you see.
        Savage
        3
        Rupture is most frequently strangulated between the ages of forty and fifty.
        Mother's Remedies / Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies ...
        4
        With his strangulated utterances, he was a figure from a fading past.
        The Guardian
        5
        And something new started, a screwing, shooting pain and strangulated breathing.
        The death of ivan ilyich: and, master and man
        6
        His voice had a strangulated quality, the result of surgery or cigarettes or both.
        Priest
        7
        It opened that cavernous maw and a foul, strangulated hissing emerged, a whispered shriek.
        Perdido Street Station
        8
        The screaming became a strangulated gurgle as his windpipe choked.
        Brain jack
        9
        After two strangulated, ultimately hysterical weeks in France it really is time to go home.
        The Guardian
        10
        His voice was taking on a faintly strangulated quality.
        Anansi Boys
        11
        There was no strangulated bowel nor mortality both in delayed operation and conservatively treated groups.
        Pubmed
        12
        He let out a wheezing strangulated croak before bolting up and out into the night.
        The Pilo Family Circus
        13
        Leaf-buds changed into flower-buds by wounding the bark, or strangulating a part of the branch.
        The Botanic Garden / A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of...
        14
        The clincher is that, when confronted, they open their mouths wide and emit strangulated screeches.
        The Irish Times
        15
        The phone was answered by a strange, strangulated voice.
        The Guardian
        16
        He stated that he remembered firing the shots, but had no remembrance of strangulating her.
        The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10
        Frequent collocations
        Translations for strangulate
        Strangulate through the time