GARROTING Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

garroting

verb

variants or garotting

present participle of garrote

as in strangling

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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Another woman also accuses Tristan Tate, 38, of strangling her unconscious and then raping her, according to the filings.

— Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Jury selection got underway July 20 in the murder trial of a Massachusetts mother accused of fatally strangling her three children, a case that rocked the community of Duxbury and shed a spotlight on a rare mental health condition.

— N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 20 July 2026

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Cotton is one of more than 100 million people across the Midwest, Northeast and mid-Atlantic breathing in dangerous air brought by thick, choking plumes of smoke from wildfires in Canada.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
The trend, which was popular on TikTok at the time, involves intentionally choking oneself or holding one’s breath until passing out.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 18 July 2026

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