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con·strict

(kən-strĭkt′)

v. con·strict·ed, con·strict·ing, con·stricts

v.tr.

1. To make smaller or narrower by binding or squeezing.

2. To squeeze or compress.

3. To restrict the scope or freedom of; cramp: lives constricted by poverty.

v.intr.

To become constricted.

[Latin cōnstringere, cōnstrict-, to compress; see constrain.]

con·stric′tive adj.

con·stric′tive·ly adv.

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Adj.	1.	constrictive - (of circumstances) tending to constrict freedom constricting, narrowing narrow - not wide; "a narrow bridge"; "a narrow line across the page"
	2.	constrictive - restricting the scope or freedom of action confining, constraining, limiting, restricting restrictive - serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

Translations

corto

constrictive

adj garment → beengend; environment → einengend; ideology → eng; amendments → einschränkend

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