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garrote
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 choke (or garotte), strangle, suffocate, throttleRelated Words asphyxiate, smother, stifle; scragNear Antonyms restore, resuscitate, revive
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