variants
or garotte
as in to strangle
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 garrote
That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy.
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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
Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims.
—Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
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
Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims.
—Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garrote
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Elijah Green, then 25, and Tony Green, then 22, strangled Vasudeva Kethireddy, 76, to death.—
Laura Barcella,
People.com,
20 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article A Milford man allegedly stopped a woman from fleeing a home last week during a domestic violence incident, dragging her back inside and strangling her, police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Shauna begins choking, blood seeping out from her neck.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
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In our solar system, Venus is near the inner edge of the habitable zone, and its surface reaches temperatures of over 800 degrees Fahrenheit (427 degrees Celsius) underneath a thick, choking atmosphere.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
21 Feb. 2025
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And because Boulder has proven able to throttle in traffic for 50,000-plus football fans to Buffalos games at Folson Field, crowd control won’t be an issue.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
28 Jan. 2025
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Even if private operators don’t immediately bid on every tract offered for lease, resuming federal oil and gas auctions signals that Washington is again friendly to the energy industry—an abrupt shift from Biden’s efforts to throttle lease sales.—
Dan Eberhart,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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“Garrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garrote. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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