jugulate

[joo-gyuh-leyt, juhg-yuh-]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

jugulated, jugulating

to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
to cut the throat of; kill.

jugulate

/ ˈ��ʌɡ��ʊˌ��ɪ�� /

verb

rare��(tr) to check (a disease) by extreme measures or remedies

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Other Word Forms

jugulation noun
ˌ��ܲ��ˈ��پ��ǲ� noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jugulate¹

1615–25; < Latin ��ܲ��ܱ��ٳܲ� (past participle of ��ܲ��ܱ�� to cut the throat of ), equivalent to jugul ( um ) throat ( jug ( um ) yoke ¹ + -ulum -ule ) + -��- theme vowel + -tus past participle suffix

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Word History and Origins

Origin of jugulate¹

C17 (in the obsolete sense: kill by cutting the throat of): from Latin ��ܲ��ܱ��, from jugulum throat, from jugum yoke

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Example Sentences

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My New Oxford American dictionary describes “deracinate” as a “poetic/literary” term, and both “jugulate” and “delate” as “archaic.”

From

But what Louis did was this: he showed by a strict analysis of numerous cases that bleeding did not strangle,—jugulate was the word then used,—acute diseases, more especially pneumonia.

From

jugular vein jugum

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