strangulate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

strangulate
    v 1: 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" [syn:
         {strangle}, {strangulate}, {throttle}]
    2: constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of
       blood or air
    3: become constricted; "The hernia will strangulate"

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Strangulate \Stran"gu*late\, a. (Bot.)
   Strangulated.
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