constrict

Meaning

Verb

To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it.
To limit or restrict.

Origin

Borrowed from Latin cōnstrictus ("compressed, contracted"), past participle of cōnstringō. constrain.

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