garroted

verb

variants or garotted
past tense of garrote
as in strangled
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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  1. strangled
  2. choked
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  • Court documents said Vecchio allegedly punched the victim multiple times in the face and then strangled the victim with both hands before kneeing her in the face.
    — Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
  • On January 24, 2023, allegedly in the grip of this psychosis, Clancy strangled her three children, who were five years, three years, and eight months old, in the basement of their home in Duxbury, Massachusetts, an affluent suburb of Boston.
    — Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of strangled
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  • One young woman described her friend coming home in tears because a hookup partner had unexpectedly choked her.
    — Jennifer Givhan, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Keeping your registers from getting choked with dust also allows air to flow freely into your home.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of choked
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“Garroted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garroted. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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