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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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Somewhere along the way, the private jet goes down and everybody dies — in excessively painful ways, as Raimi gleefully shows them being sucked out of the plane and strangled by their own neckties — except for Linda and Bradley.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026 -
Arrest warrants allege Jones stabbed his grandfather multiple times in the torso and neck and strangled his grandmother, cutting off her airway and blood flow.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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In a brain stroke, human tissues die quickly when deprived of oxygen and choked by waste.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
21 Jan. 2026
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Yiggins allegedly choked the man, and the group was able to steal his wallet, vape pen, phone and keys to his Toyota Prius, according to court records.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
16 Jan. 2026
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“Garroted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garroted. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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