garrote

variants or garotte
Definition of garrotenext
as in to strangle
to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie

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Recent Examples of garrote The baby, determined to have been full-term and most likely male, was likely garroted with twine shortly after he was born, Oliver said. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy. — Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Oct. 2021 Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable. — Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019 Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims. — Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
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Verb
  • The lawsuits say Clancy strangled the three children in the basement of the family's Duxbury home during a mental health crisis exacerbated by poor medical treatment and prescription mismanagement.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • He is accused of strangling and indecently assaulting a 30-year-old female co-worker, prosecutors said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2026
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  • The woman denied the allegations, and Ross hit her in the chest several times and choked her, the report says, restricting her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Berry was successful in getting the court to dissolve the domestic violence restraining order issued against her after she was accused of choking her son.
    — Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 29 Oct. 2026
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  • But shipping still remains throttled, and international actors have not yet found a way to update their deterrence playbook.
    — Dana Stroul, Foreign Affairs, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The attack came six days after Elon Musk's SpaceX throttled Ukraine's access to Starlink, which Ukraine has been using to coordinate its defenses against Russian attacks and for some of its offensive operations.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Garrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garrote. Accessed 4 Nov. 2026.

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