Strangulated vs Strangled - What's the difference?
strangulated | strangled |
(strangulate)
(medicine) Having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.
(botany) Contracted at irregular intervals, if tied with a ligature; constricted.
(strangle)
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
To stifle or suppress an action.
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
* Shakespeare
As verbs the difference between strangulated and strangled
is that strangulated is (strangulate) while strangled is (strangle).As an adjective strangulated
is (medicine) having the circulation stopped by compression; attended with arrest or obstruction of circulation, caused by constriction or compression.strangulated
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(head)Adjective
(-)- a strangulated hernia
strangled
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(head)strangle
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(strangl)- He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
- She strangled a scream.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
