strangulate in a sentence
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📚 Grade Level: Grade 11, Grade 12
Definition
Strangulate: to forcefully extract or suppress information or truth, or to physically constrict someone's throat to the point of suffocation.
Crossword clues for strangulate
Crossword clue ideas and answer hints for the word "strangulate".
- Choke someone to extract a secret.
- Squeeze tightly to silence a person.
- Forcefully restrict to obtain information.
- Constrict the throat to cause harm.
- Suppress truth by applying pressure.
Strangulate sentence examples
- The detective found it difficult to strangle the truth from the suspect's evasive answers.
- In a dramatic twist, the villain attempted to strangulate the hero during the climactic battle.
- The scientists studied how certain plants strangulate their competitors to secure sunlight and nutrients.
- He felt as if the weight of his responsibilities began to strangulate his creativity and passion for art.
- The language of the poem seemed to strangulate the reader's emotions, leaving them breathless.