variants
or garottes
as in strangles
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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chokes
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On the ground, there’s a war of grappling, chokes, and limb breaks, and Oliveira is one of the best to ever fight it.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025 -
Broken baggage chokes landfills and decomposes at a glacial pace.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes,
28 Dec. 2024
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“Garrotes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garrotes. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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