jugulate

Definitions


[ˈdʒʌɡjʊleɪt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- kill (someone) by cutting the throat


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Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin jugulat- ‘slain by a cut to the throat’, from the verb jugulare, from jugulum ‘throat’ (see jugular)




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