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or garotte
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
That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy.
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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
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
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
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garrote
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Angel Guzman, 31, of Los Angeles, was among the four members of the gang MS-13 convicted of murdering three people, one of whom was kidnapped, strangled, attacked with machetes and dismembered, in the Angeles National Forest, federal authorities said.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2026
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An argument over rent money ended violently for a Miami Beach woman when her ex-boyfriend strangled her, held her against her will and threatened to throw her out of a window from their third-floor apartment, police say.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2026
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Hilton has raised crucial issues about Newsom’s overspending, low state K-12 test scores, high taxes choking the middle class, high gas prices and the endemic housing and homelessness crises.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
29 May 2026
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As discomforting as that sounds, there is no proof the 7-foot, 9-inch dolphin choked to death, according to Lauren Rust, executive director of the Lowcountry Marine Mammal Network and South Carolina Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2026
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That geography gives them a structural advantage over Gulf producers, which have been throttled by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.—
Ariel Cohen,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
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With the war’s turbulence on the economy more prevalent and the internet now throttled, Russians no longer have the luxury of pretending the war in Ukraine isn’t happening.—
Daniel DePetris,
Mercury News,
23 May 2026
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“Garrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garrote. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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