Thesaurus / constrict
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Leaving your noggin exposed can further constrict your body’s blood flow.
BEST WINTER HATS: COMFORTABLE HATS TO KEEP YOU WARMCARSEN JOENKJANUARY 20, 2021POPULAR-SCIENCEIt faced a coronavirus-induced layoffs of 13 employees —about half of its staff — driven by abruptly constricted advertising budgets.
ONE YEAR IN, PROTOCOL IS STARTING TO MOVE ON ITS GLOBAL EXPANSION PLANSKAYLEIGH BARBERJANUARY 11, 2021DIGIDAYThe already crimped TV advertising market further constricted in the past month, though that tightness could slacken as the fourth quarter comes to a close and inventory prices come back down to earth.
‘A FRONT-LOADED HOLIDAY’: TV AD MARKET TIGHTENS EVEN MORE, BUT MAY LOOSEN UP SOONTIM PETERSONDECEMBER 11, 2020DIGIDAYFor the red dots, the muscle oxygen data suggests that this subject had a weak response in constricting blood flow to the muscles.
HOW DOES YOUR BRAIN RESPOND WHEN YOU HOLD YOUR BREATH?ALEX HUTCHINSONNOVEMBER 25, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINEPointed political debate might get removed, and free expression would be constricted.
WHY THE MOST CONTROVERSIAL US INTERNET LAW IS WORTH SAVINGAMY NORDRUMSEPTEMBER 9, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWIt twines round the stems of lofty trees, which its flattened coils gradually constrict with almost life-like cruelty!
NARRATIVE OF THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE BY THE AUSTRIAN FRIGATE NOVARA, VOLUME IKARL RITTER VON SCHERZERBy virtue of this power they are enabled to constrict many dead animal matters.
THE ACTION OF MEDICINES IN THE SYSTEMFREDERICK WILLIAM HEADLANDCartilaginous or partially calcified biconcave vertebrae are always well developed; they constrict the notochord intervertebrally.
THE VERTEBRATE SKELETONSIDNEY H. REYNOLDSBiconcave cartilaginous vertebrae are developed, and as is the case in most fishes, constrict the notochord vertebrally.
THE VERTEBRATE SKELETONSIDNEY H. REYNOLDS(b.) Those in which he tries to constrict it, by reuniting its separated sides.
A MANUAL OF THE OPERATIONS OF SURGERYJOSEPH BELLWORDS RELATED TO CONSTRICT
- accumulate
- agglomerate
- aggregate
- amass
- assemble
- bunch
- center
- centralize
- cluster
- coalesce
- collect
- combine
- compact
- compress
- congest
- conglomerate
- congregate
- consolidate
- constrict
- contract
- converge
- cramp
- crowd
- draw together
- eliminate
- embody
- focalize
- focus
- forgather
- garner
- get to the meat
- heap
- heap up
- hoard
- huddle
- integrate
- intensify
- localize
- mass
- muster
- narrow
- pile
- reduce
- salt away
- store
- strengthen
- swarm
- unify
- zero in
- abbreviate
- blue pencil
- boil down
- chop
- coagulate
- compact
- compress
- concentrate
- constrict
- contract
- curtail
- cut
- cut down
- decoct
- densen
- digest
- edit
- encapsulate
- epitomize
- inventory
- precipitate
- press together
- précis
- put in a nutshell
- reduce
- shorten
- shrink
- snip
- solidify
- sum
- summarize
- summate
- synopsize
- telescope
- thicken
- trim
- ban
- bar
- bind
- bottle up
- bridle
- chain
- check
- coerce
- compel
- concuss
- confine
- constrict
- cool off
- cork
- curb
- deny
- deprive
- disallow
- drive
- hem in
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- immure
- impel
- imprison
- incarcerate
- inhibit
- intern
- jail
- keep lid on
- make
- necessitate
- oblige
- pressure
- pressurize
- put half nelson on
- shotgun
- stifle
- urge
- withhold
- abate
- abbreviate
- abridge
- become smaller
- clench
- compress
- confine
- constrict
- consume
- curtail
- decline
- decrease
- deflate
- draw in
- dwindle
- ebb
- edit
- epitomize
- evaporate
- fall away
- fall off
- grow less
- lessen
- lose
- narrow
- omit
- purse
- recede
- reduce
- shrink
- shrivel
- subside
- syncopate
- take in
- tighten
- wane
- waste
- weaken
- wither
- wrinkle
- bind
- bottle up
- bound
- chain
- check
- circumscribe
- come down on
- constrict
- contain
- contract
- cool down
- cramp
- curb
- decrease
- define
- delimit
- delimitate
- demarcate
- demark
- diminish
- encircle
- enclose
- hamper
- handicap
- hang up
- hem in
- hold back
- hold down
- impede
- inclose
- inhibit
- keep within bounds
- keep within limits
- moderate
- modify
- narrow
- pin down
- prelimit
- put away
- put on ice
- qualify
- reduce
- regulate
- restrain
- send up
- shorten
- shrink
- shut in
- surround
- temper
- tether
- tie
- binds
- binds
- bottles up
- chains
- checks
- circumscribes
- comes down on
- constricts
- contains
- contracts
- cools down
- cramps
- curbs
- decreases
- defines
- delimitates
- delimits
- demarcates
- demarks
- diminishes
- encircles
- encloses
- hampers
- handicaps
- hangs up
- hem in
- holds back
- holds down
- impedes
- incloses
- inhibits
- keeps within bounds
- keeps within limits
- moderates
- modifies
- narrows
- pins down
- prelimits
- puts away
- puts on ice
- qualifies
- reduces
- regulates
- restrains
- sends up
- shortens
- shrinks
- shuts in
- surrounds
- tempers
- tethers
- ties
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