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strangulating
 
Verb strangulate has 3 senses
  1. 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"
    --1 is one way to kill
    Derived form: noun strangulation1
    Sample sentence:
    They want to strangulate the prisoners
  2. strangulate - constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
    --2 is one way to     compress, constrict, squeeze, compact, contract, press
    Derived form: noun strangulation3
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  3. strangulate - become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"
    --3 is one way to     constrict, constringe, narrow
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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