scragging

verb

present participle of scrag
1
as in cutting down

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2
as in throttling

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scragging
  1. taking out
  2. throttling
  3. putting away
  4. choking
  5. carrying off
  6. suffocating
  7. finishing
  8. strangling
Verb
  • The Federal Reserve's recent interest rate hike means higher borrowing costs for consumers carrying credit card balances or taking out loans.
    — Joshua Sidorowicz, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • During the interaction, as the store’s other employees were taking out the trash, the girl was able to leave the store when Malcolm opened the door for them, WDTV reported.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of taking out
Verb
  • Every connection runs ChaCha20 encryption over WireGuard across 20 server locations in 16 countries, with no bandwidth caps or throttling.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026
  • With the finance-throttling impact of Senate Enrolled Act 1 looming, the Portage Redevelopment Commission voted Thursday to issue $15 million in bonds to fund high-priority projects.
    — Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of throttling
Verb
  • Jason Wright threw for a touchdown and ran for another but also had two interceptions as the Bulls (2-2) had trouble putting away the Colonials (2-2).
    — ABC News, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Beyond coffee, Gottsman said candidates should avoid other distractions or unprofessional impressions by putting away their phones, skipping overpowering fragrances, removing sunglasses from the tops of their heads and avoiding chewing gum.
    — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of putting away
Verb
  • Car seats, walkers and other baby gear sold at Target have been recalled due to choking hazards and the risk of serious injury from falls.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Loud persistent snoring, sudden gasping or choking for air, waking with a dry mouth and breathing pauses a partner usually notices first.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of choking
Verb
  • Zeus acting for his own pleasure underlies the evolutionary tales of small groups raiding foreign shores, carrying off women.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.
    — Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Definition of carrying off
Verb
  • After weeks of jury selection, a jury was seated Wednesday evening for the death-penalty trial of a man who admitted to suffocating his estranged wife and her two young daughters with a plastic bag.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Hossain and her collaborators have conjured an internalized hellscape marked by sensual photography, gnarly cyst makeup, and suffocating matrimonial rituals involving turmeric and milk — all redolent with upper-class heteronormative rot.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of suffocating
Verb
  • While finishing her new novel ‘American Hagwon,’ author Min Jin Lee traveled to Sydney to discover how the city may have shaped her fictional protagonists.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Before finishing his first year, Thornton received a Thiel Fellowship and left MIT to focus full-time on his company.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of finishing
Verb
  • Law enforcement confirmed that in one of the hundreds of thousands of videos that exist, Raymond Horsch is seen strangling a woman with a zip tie, which sources say would implicate him in murder.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 17 Sep. 2026
  • After fatally strangling the children, Clancy attempted suicide by cutting her wrists and jumping out of a second-story window.
    — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of strangling
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“Scragging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scragging. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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