jugulate
[
joo
-gy
uh
-leyt,
juhg
-y
uh
-]
/ˈdʒu gyəˌleɪt, ˈdʒʌg yə-/
verb (used with object)
,
jugulated,
jugulating.
1.
to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
2.
to cut the throat of; kill.
Origin
1615-25;
<
Latin
jugulātus
(past participle of
jugulāre
to cut the throat of), equivalent to
jugul
(
um
) throat (
jug
(
um
)
yoke
+
-ulum
-ule
) +
-ā-
theme vowel +
-tus
past participle suffix
Related forms
jugulation,
noun
British Dictionary definitions for
jugulate
jugulate
/
ˈdʒʌɡjʊˌleɪt
/
verb
1.
(
transitive
) (
rare
) to check (a disease) by extreme measures or remedies
Derived Forms
jugulation,
noun
Word Origin
C17 (in the obsolete sense: kill by cutting the throat of): from Latin
jugulāre,
from
jugulum
throat, from
jugum
yoke