jugulating

Variant of jugulate

transitive verb jugulated, jugulating

  1. Now Rare to kill by cutting the throat
  2. Med. to use extreme measures in arresting (a disease)

Origin: L jugulatus, pp. of jugulare < jugulum: see jugular

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