scrags

verb

present tense third-person singular of scrag
1
as in cuts down

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2
as in throttles

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrags
  1. butchers
  2. throttles
  3. snuffs
  4. chokes
  5. murders
  6. strangles
  7. wastes
  8. suffocates
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  • Stanley Tucci is back as Nigel, Miranda’s unfailingly loyal consigliere, who never butchers a bon mot or wears the same pocket square twice.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
  • The face of the already iconic series is the enigmatic Art the Clown, a demonic serial killer who butchers the inhabitants of the fictitious Miles County, New York.
    — Simon Thompson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Definition of butchers
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  • Mansfield Legacy throttles Crowley Mansfield Legacy piled on the hits against Crowley Friday, seizing a 17-1 victory in a game that ended after three innings.
    — Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Records could also be topped in Las Vegas and Phoenix through the weekend as the early-season desert heat wave throttles up.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
Definition of throttles
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  • Then is too stoic to open up, but then the appearance of the book magically snuffs out that flicker of tension.
    — Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 June 2025
Definition of snuffs
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  • Remove chokes from artichokes and steam in small amount of water for 15 minutes, adding water to pan as needed.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 26 June 2026
  • Connecticut’s largest cities also struggle with the state’s highest property tax rates, which chokes business growth and, in turn, shifts more burden onto residential owners.
    — Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2026
Definition of chokes
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  • Moriarty has reported on the yogurt shop murders for over 30 years.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 26 June 2026
  • Not the family stuff, like Natalie’s spontaneous nipple piercing after making out with Cady’s maybe-daughter, Nevaeh (Malia Pyles), who later murders her own mother after kissing her, for way too long, on the mouth.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 26 June 2026
Definition of murders
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  • Adler said studies show that when one partner strangles another, the likelihood of a victim being killed by that partner goes up 750%.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 28 July 2026
  • By the end of the show, Daya’s addiction has turned her into the prison’s drug lord, and her mother strangles her during the series finale.
    — Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 11 July 2026
Definition of strangles
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  • False-positive rates matter operationally, as acting on a misclassification wastes resources and might reveal sensor positions.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 24 July 2026
  • The Stakes Changed When Agents Touched Money An agent that gives bad advice wastes your time.
    — TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Definition of wastes
Verb
  • Landscape fabric suffocates microorganisms, blocks nutrients, and degrades into microplastics.
    — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 July 2026
  • The pure, post-Bee Gees charisma Bellamy mustered in the 2000s seems to have vacated him entirely, and the song’s funkiness suffocates under the flatness of his delivery.
    — Liam Inscoe-Jones, Pitchfork, 1 July 2026
Definition of suffocates
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“Scrags.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrags. Accessed 2 Aug. 2026.

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