scragged

verb

past tense of scrag
1
as in murdered

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2
as in throttled

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scragged
  1. murdered
  2. throttled
  3. whacked
  4. choked
  5. butchered
  6. strangled
  7. finished
  8. suffocated
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  • Itzkowitz is the eldest son of Albert Itzkowitz, who was brutally murdered in broad daylight at Kissena Park in Queens on the afternoon of May 18.
    — Simcha Itzkowitz, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Security footage showed the van leaving the Home Depot parking lot shortly before Fandrich was murdered.
    — Lauren Clark, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of murdered
Verb
  • Last year, Iowa and Illinois beat Vanderbilt and Tennessee, respectively, in bowl games while Indiana throttled Alabama in a quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl.
    — The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 31 July 2026
  • That’s because in addition to a shortage of crude oil needed to produce both, much more refined jet fuel was throttled in the Strait of Hormuz versus refined gasoline.
    — Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of throttled
Verb
  • Poor guy is probably just trying to watch the home run derby in peace and just got drive by whacked by me.
    — Bobby Burack OutKick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026
  • Pop, a Romanian, was rolling through another service game when Bobker whacked an easy backhand beyond the baseline.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of whacked
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  • Riyadh has rerouted millions of barrels per day through a pipeline from its eastern region to its Red Sea port of Yanbu as Iran has choked traffic through the Strait of Hormuz this year.
    — Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026
  • There was no escaping the black pollution that choked the neighborhood then, and no reprieve now, even five weeks after the fire was extinguished.
    — Celina Tebor, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of choked
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  • Being completely immobilized and nearly butchered by Jean could easily lead to a lifelong hatred of mutantkind.
    — Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 31 July 2026
  • The magazine’s anatomically graphic photos—rats butchered alive, dogs with their faces sliced open, monkeys screaming at the electrodes implanted in their abdomens—seemed like windows into hell.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
Definition of butchered
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  • After the women arrived on January 11, 1979, Bianchi strangled them to death.
    — Laura Payne, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Gutierrez Molina was reportedly strangled, while his coworker survived.
    — Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of strangled
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  • Taylor Ruck swam the freestyle leg for Canada and picked up her third bronze of the night, having previously finished third in the 50-meter butterfly and 100-meter backstroke.
    — Peter Baugh, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Freeman stayed in the game and finished the top of the eighth, but Tommy Edman pinch hit for him in the bottom of the inning before Los Angeles closed out a 4-2 victory over the Kansas City Royals, its fourth in five games.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of finished
Verb
  • Not all avalanche victims die by asphyxiation — injuries from getting hit by a wall of snow or being swept through trees and rocks can kill people even if they’re not buried or suffocated.
    — Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • His dedication to the civil service had suffocated him over time, draining his hope and also impoverishing his lifestyle by a thousand cuts.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of suffocated
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“Scragged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragged. Accessed 15 Aug. 2026.

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