strangulate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
he tried to strangle his opponent
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- strangling derivation
- choker derivation
- strangler derivation
- constrict entails
Sense 2 verb
constrict a hollow organ or vessel so as to stop the flow of blood or air
Types & categories
- constrict hypernym
Related & opposite
- strangulation derivation
Sense 3 verb
become constricted
The hernia will strangulate
Types & categories
- constringe hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangling |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choker |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangler |
| 1 | entails | Related & opposite | constrict |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | garrote |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | strangulation |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | constrict |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | constringe |