GARROTE Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

garrote

verb

variants or garotte

Definition of garrote

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. — 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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Clancy, 36, is on trial for strangling her three children at their Massachusetts home in January 2023 before attempting suicide.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
An autopsy later determined that JonBenét had been strangled to death and suffered a severe head injury.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of strangle

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After multiple attempts to stave off its death over the decades, it is being choked by the chains and cables meant to support it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Their findings prompted bans on phosphorus-laden detergents that were supercharging algae blooms choking the Great Lakes.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of choke

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Russia’s domestic political opposition, then, has been effectively throttled since Putin launched his war on Ukraine.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
In Allen’s view, too many restrictions would risk throttling a technology that could otherwise bring huge benefits; too few would invite a high-profile incident that draws a public backlash.

— Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of throttle

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