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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Recent Examples of garroted 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for garroted
  1. strangled
  2. choked
Verb
  • Julia Pederson, 41, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was killed after police say her husband, Jonathan Gatto, 41, strangled her inside the family's home and intentionally set it on fire.
    — Kelsie Cairns, FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The prosecution said Farwell strangled Birchmore and staged it as a suicide.
    — Kristina Rex, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of strangled
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  • The men, or sometimes women, who hit them, pulled their hair or choked them, bruising their throats.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Metal barricades choked the streets as police moved against young demonstrators, beating some, dragging others into buses and chasing away the rest.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of choked

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“Garroted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garroted. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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