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garrote

verb

variants: or garotte

Synonyms and Antonyms of garrote

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

Synonyms of garrote

choke, strangle, suffocate, throttle

Words Related to garrote

asphyxiate, smother, stifle

Near Antonyms of garrote

restore, resuscitate, revive

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