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ju⋅gu⋅late

[joo-gyuh-leyt, juhg-yuh-]
–verb (used with object), -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
1. to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
2. to cut the throat of; kill.

Origin:
1615–25; < L jugulātus (ptp. of jugulāre to cut the throat of), equiv. to jugul(um) throat (jug(um) yoke + -ulum -ule ) + -ā- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix


ju⋅gu⋅la⋅tion, noun
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