Usually means: Tightens, narrows, or squeezes inward.
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  1. constricts: Merriam-Webster
  2. constricts: Collins English Dictionary
  3. constricts: Vocabulary.com
  4. constricts: Wordnik
  5. constricts: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. constricts: Wiktionary
  7. constricts: Dictionary.com
  8. constricts: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. constricts: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. constricts: Legal dictionary

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  1. constricts: Medical dictionary

(Note: See constrict as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (constrict)

verb:  (ambitransitive) To narrow, especially by application of pressure.
verb:  To coil around (prey) in order to asphyxiate it. (of a snake)
verb:  (figurative) To limit or restrict.
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