Used in a Sentence

strangulated

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for strangulated.

Editorial note

The link is about how freedom of speech has been strangulated in India by a university which is not recognized by law.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Strangled; affected by strangulation.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of strangulated gathered in one view.

adjective

Strangled; affected by strangulation.

adjective

(botany) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.

adjective

(medicine) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for strangulated.

adjective

Strangled; affected by strangulation.

adjective

(botany) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.

adjective

(medicine) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.

Example sentences

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The link is about how freedom of speech has been strangulated in India by a university which is not recognized by law.

2

Russia is isolated and weakened and the EU is strangulated by yet another wave of refugees and weakened economically, becoming even more dependent on the US for security.

3

They could bully him into selling, same way as Twitter has slowly strangulated 3rd party clients.

4

It is suspected that he was strangulated but the murder accused remained untraced till date.

5

My wife was nearly killed twice this year by NHS bean counting: Firstly they missed a strangulated hernia because they wanted to cut back on x-ray usage in A&E.

6

If this a partially strangulated hernia and there was a microperforation (quite common and often missed) or bacterial translocation in the hernia sac mesh would almost certainly get infected.

7

However, I don’t want to push indie product devs into a low pricing tier where they feel strangulated and that further development isn’t worth their time.

8

Taxing the hell out of profits sounds great...but in sectors where the real problems are strangulated supply, monopolies, and massive processing in the supply chain - it won't do much good.

9

Even if not strangulated/perforated at time of surgery, if there are dense adhesions from recurrent/intermittent obstructions that may also increase operative complexity and a lysis of adhesions may contaminate the field.

10

It, too, strangulated end users, but eventually became stagnant, overpriced, and irrelevant.

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In the long run Germany would have had much to gain if people of Europe had functional investment markets and funding was available to buy the tools necessary for people to work and produce instead of strangulated markets.

12

One afternoon I double over in pain and end up in emergency surgery because, low and behold, I did actually have a hernia and it was strangulated; my intestine was literally dying one inch at a time.

Quote examples

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Somewhere in the middle during mass usage, commercialization takes over and the technology is slowly strangulated by advertising until it's eclipsed by the "next big thing".

2

They regularly “ritually strangulated” enemies at the alter of Saturn.

3

I strongly feel the bicycle helmet "debate" is almost the same as the one for the car seatbelt made mandatory in the 90's (in Belgium): people were screaming they were all going to get strangulated, that the incomfort would bring more accidents, etc.

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I didn't visit US and I don't intend to do it soon(ever?), but I would have some "cartoonish" fears like: being detained/harassed/turned back in the airport for possible stupid/hostile remarks I made (who knows when, who knows on which forum) about US gov or foreign policy; Or being shot without witnesses or strangulated to death by some psychopath policeman because "resisted arrest" and so on..

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use strangulated in a sentence?

The link is about how freedom of speech has been strangulated in India by a university which is not recognized by law.

What does strangulated mean?

Strangled; affected by strangulation.

What part of speech is strangulated?

strangulated is commonly used as adjective.