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Constrict

//kənˈstɹɪkt// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To narrow, especially by application of pressure. ambitransitive

    "constrict the airway"

  2. 2
    become tight or as if tight wordnet
  3. 3
    To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)

    "The snake began to constrict its prey."

  4. 4
    squeeze or press together wordnet
  5. 5
    To limit or restrict. figuratively

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus (“compressed, contracted”), past participle of cōnstringō (“to draw or bind together; to compress”). Doublet of constrain.

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