scrag

verb

Definition of scragnext
1
as in to butcher

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2
as in to throttle

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrag
  1. butcher
  2. throttle
  3. cut down
  4. choke
  5. waste
  6. garrote
  7. finish
  8. strangle
Verb
  • During that collection and delivery, one or two animals are donated for harvest, or butchering, to Native American communities.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Then, in 1863, a collection of Missouri Confederate Bushwhackers led by William Quantrill rode into Lawrence and butchered 150 men and boys.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of butcher
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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
Verb
  • If the war does indeed come to an end and oil keeps falling, Warsh might get breathing room for rate cuts down the line.
    — Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Courtesy of the Abu Haikal family Haikal said his family’s own homes have been targeted in settler attacks, including having stones thrown at their home, their crops destroyed, trees cut down and property stolen.
    — Chantal Da Silva, NBC news, 16 June 2026
Definition of cut down
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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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  • Advertisement Buy portions that match your appetite Throwing away part of a chicken breast means wasting more than dinner.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The organization said the traditional foods that were in the building's freezer will be cooked and served instead of going to waste.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of waste
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  • 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
Definition of garrote
Verb
  • The image is then precision-fabricated into a 3D model that’s finished by hand — all for $2,200, about the national average of an actual wedding gown.
    — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Chocolate moelleux and tropical sorbet, both elevated with a flavoured crumble (cardamom and lime, respectively) finished off the meal with a satisfying hit of sweetness.
    — Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of finish
Verb
  • 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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“Scrag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrag. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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