jugulate

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

verb (used with object)

, ju·gu·lat·ed, ju·gu·lat·ing.

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

jugulate

/ ˈdʒʌɡjʊˌleɪt /

verb

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

Derived Forms

• ˌjuguˈlation, noun

Other Words From

• jugu·lation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of jugulate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of jugulate¹

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

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

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 Project Gutenberg