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Strangulate

Strangulated.

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Compact 76% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Compress 76% connected

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Constrict 76% connected

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Constringe 76% connected

To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Contract 76% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Kill 76% connected

A kiln.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Narrow 76% connected

Of little breadth; not wide or broad; having little distance from side to side; as, a narrow board; a narrow street; a narrow hem.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Press 76% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Squeeze 76% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Manner of action 2

Garrote 76% connected

A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the ins…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Scrag 76% connected

Something thin, lean, or rough; a bony piece; especially, a bony neckpiece of meat; hence, humorously or in contempt, the neck.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Derivationally related 2

Strangulation 74% connected

The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Strangulation 74% connected

The act of strangling, or the state of being strangled.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Entails 6

Compact 72% connected

Joined or held together; leagued; confederated.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Compress 72% connected

To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Constrict 72% connected

To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or cause to shrink.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Contract 72% connected

To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Press 72% connected

An East Indian insectivore (Tupaia ferruginea). It is arboreal in its habits, and has a bushy tail. The fur is soft, and varies from rusty red to mar…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Squeeze 72% connected

To press between two bodies; to press together closely; to compress; often, to compress so as to expel juice, moisture, etc.; as, to squeeze an orang…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records that the source verb entails the related action.

Synonym 2

Strangle 92% connected

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Throttle 92% connected

The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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