GARROTE Synonyms: 11 Similar and Opposite Words

garrote

verb

variants or garotte

Definition of garrote

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 The baby, determined to have been full-term and most likely male, was likely garroted with twine shortly after he was born, Oliver said. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 17 Sep. 2026 That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy. — 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

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In a counter claim, Xuan accused Diaz of being drunk at work and trying to strangle him.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
The latest slate of attacks is strangling a recovery in movement throughout the strait that had been building for weeks.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of strangle

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Bill Snyder’s second-greatest football achievement as Kansas State’s legendary head coach, after magically transforming the nation’s most moribund program into a national contender, was to choke the life from his school’s biggest rivalry game.

— Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
Among those arrested were individuals accused of choking their partners and assaulting their children, the sheriff’s office said.

— Tanya Babbar, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of choke

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Ukrainian officials and military units accused Elon Musk’s SpaceX of throttling a technology at the heart of their battlefield communications and drone operations.

— David Hickey, NBC news, 15 Oct. 2026
After throttling the New England Patriots 46-10 in Super Bowl XX, the Bears held a huge parade in Chicago.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of throttle

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