Synonyms of garrote

garrote

verb

variants 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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• strangle
• choke
• throttle
• suffocate
• asphyxiate
• stifle
• smother
• scrag

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restore
• revive
• resuscitate

Example Sentences

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