garroted

variants or garotted
past tense of garrote
as in strangled
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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  • Detectives determined that Spillers had been strangled based on bruising that could be seen on her neck, detectives wrote in the affidavit.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The criticism even included attacks on her appearance and calls for her to be burned, raped or strangled.
    Janelle Griffith, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
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  • Florida trail attack suspect escorted to sheriff's cruiser In addition to being choked unconscious, a police affidavit identified injuries to both of her eyes and her nose.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
  • In the quiet of the Sabbath morning when all the neighborhood was wrapped in slumber, some dastardly degenerate crept into the room, choked her to death, assaulted her criminally and left her bruised and bleeding body lying on the bed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Garroted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garroted. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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