— jugulation , n.
/jooh"gyeuh layt', jug"yeuh-/ , v.t., jugulated, jugulating .
1. to check or suppress (disease) by extreme measures.
2. to cut the throat of; kill.
[ 1615-25; jugulatus (ptp. of jugulare to cut the throat of), equiv. to jugul ( um ) throat ( jug ( um ) YOKE + -ulum -ULE) + -a- theme vowel + -tus ptp. suffix ]