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strangulated

strangulated is the simple past and past participle of strangulate.

Adjective

strangulated (not comparable)

  1. Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
    • a strangulated hernia
  2. Strangled; affected by strangulation.
    • Robert at once performed the strangulated antics of one arising.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 8
  3. Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.

Meaning of strangulate

Verb

strangulate (third-person singular simple present strangulates, present participle strangulating, simple past and past participle strangulated)

  1. To strangle.
  2. To stop flow through a vessel.

Words formed from strangulated

Questions about strangulated

What does strangulated mean?
Strangulated means having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
What is strangulated the simple past and past participle of?
Strangulated is the simple past and past participle of strangulate.
What part of speech is strangulated?
Strangulated is an adjective.

Words near strangulated in the dictionary

  1. Strangs
  2. strangth
  3. stranguaries
  4. stranguary
  5. strangulate
  6. strangulated
  7. strangulated hernia
  8. strangulates
  9. strangulating
  10. strangulation
  11. strangulations

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