Strangulated

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  • v. Simple past tense and past participle of strangulate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
  • adj. Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In pathology, compressed so as to suppress the function of a part: as, a hernia is said to be strangulated when it is so compressed as to obstruct the circulation in the part and cause dangerous symptoms.
  • In botany, contracted and expanded in an irregular manner.
  • In entomology, constricted; much narrowed: especially noting the thorax or abdomen when constricted in one or more places, as in many ants.
  • Word Usage
    "One of them, Roger Cohen, praised him in The New York Times last week for "his evident loathing for elites, for cozy establishments, for cartels, for what he's called 'strangulated English accents.'""
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