SCRAG Synonyms: 58 Similar and Opposite Words

scrag

verb

Definition of scrag

as in to butcher

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as in to throttle

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Verb

Indirect signs also suggest the proto-Neolithic community also dined on the European glass lizard (Pseudopus apodus), which featured tough scales that necessitated a completely different type of butchering.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 20 Aug. 2026
But isn’t the manager culpable when his dugout repeatedly butchers fundamental baserunning and defensive basics?

— Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of butcher

Verb

Russia’s domestic political opposition, then, has been effectively throttled since Putin launched his war on Ukraine.

— Nathan Hodge, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
In Allen’s view, too many restrictions would risk throttling a technology that could otherwise bring huge benefits; too few would invite a high-profile incident that draws a public backlash.

— Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of throttle

Verb

If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.

— Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026

Definition of cut down

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After multiple attempts to stave off its death over the decades, it is being choked by the chains and cables meant to support it.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026
Their findings prompted bans on phosphorus-laden detergents that were supercharging algae blooms choking the Great Lakes.

— Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026

Definition of choke

Verb

New Florida women’s soccer coach Nick Zimmerman wasted little time signaling better days are ahead — much sooner than anyone expected.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Lanterns wastes little time explaining this backstory ad nauseam and instead creates an immediately inviting dynamic between him and Hal, who comes to him demanding information on Manhunters.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of waste

Verb

That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy.

— Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Oct. 2021
Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable.

— Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019

Definition of garrote

Verb

After Keira Barry’s free kick attempt hit off the post, Girelli broke the deadlock in the 89th minute, finishing the rebound for the winner.

— Phuoc Nguyen, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026
Haaland joined Manchester City in 2022 and has finished as the Premier League's top scorer in three of his four seasons with the club.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of finish

Verb

Clancy, 36, is on trial for strangling her three children at their Massachusetts home in January 2023 before attempting suicide.

— Melina Khan, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
An autopsy later determined that JonBenét had been strangled to death and suffered a severe head injury.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of strangle

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