garroted

verb

variants or garotted
past tense of garrote
as in strangled
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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  1. strangled
  2. choked
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  • After an opening week of wrenching testimony and a jury trip to the home where Lindsay Clancy strangled her three children, her murder trial resumes Monday with more testimony about the killings in a coastal Massachusetts town in 2023.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Both concluded that Leslie had been hit over the head and strangled.
    — Brenna Ehrlich, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2026
Definition of strangled
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  • Missile salvos and militia attacks have choked key shipping lanes, damaged Saudi oil facilities and driven up global prices even as fragile diplomacy struggles to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and avert escalation.
    — Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Entire chunks of the continent were choked by smoke, causing unhealthy air quality.
    — Seth Borenstein, Fortune, 29 July 2026
Definition of choked
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“Garroted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garroted. Accessed 7 Aug. 2026.

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