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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for garroting
  1. strangling
  2. choking
Verb
  • After strangling the children in the basement of her home with exercise bands, Clancy attempted to kill herself by jumping out of the window of her Duxbury home, leaving her paralyzed.
    — Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Prosecutors allege that Lindsay methodically planned the murders by sending her husband to pick up medication and takeout, and then strangling the children with exercise bands at their Duxbury, Massachusetts, home.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 30 July 2026
Definition of strangling
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  • Hazardous smoke spread across both the United States and Canada, choking large cities such as New York.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • The friends told investigators that Nunnally grew angry and jealous multiple times that night, at one point choking Evans against the wall until the two friends pulled him off her.
    — Caroline Kubzansky, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of choking
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“Garroting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garroting. Accessed 10 Aug. 2026.

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