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or garotted
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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An autopsy found Green was likely beaten and strangled, though forensic analysts who reviewed the decades-old autopsy disagreed with whether that determination was conclusive.—
Cristóbal Reyes,
The Orlando Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026 -
Prosecutors say Heuermann strangled her to death and left her remains there.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
8 Apr. 2026
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Oil prices are likely to remain well above their levels prior to the Iran war, the consequences of which have choked global supply for the foreseeable future.—
Mike Sheen,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
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The woman, Lonna Drewes, said at a news conference yesterday that Swalwell drugged, raped and choked her in in a California hotel room.—
Elizabeth Robinson,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Garroted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garroted. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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