Synonyms of the word

garrotte

• n. an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
• n. something, especially a cord or wire used for strangulation.
• v. (transitive) to execute by strangulation.

garotte

• n. Alternative spelling of garrotte.
• v. Alternative spelling of garrotte.

garrote

• n. an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
• n. something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation.
• v. (transitive) to execute by strangulation.
• v. (transitive) to kill using a garrote.

scrag

• n. (archaic) A thin or scrawny person or animal.
• n. (archaic) The lean end of a neck of mutton; the scrag end.
• n. (archaic) The neck, especially of a sheep.
• n. (Scotland) A scrog.
• n. (Australia, slang, derogatory) A rough or unkempt woman.
• n. A ragged, stunted tree or branch.
• v. (obsolete, colloquial) To hang on a gallows, or to strangle or garotte or choke.
• v. To harass, to manhandle.
• v. To kill or destroy.

strangle

• v. (transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate…
• v. (transitive) To stifle or suppress an action.
• v. (intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
• v. (intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

strangulate

• v. (medicine) To stop flow through a vessel.
• v. To strangle.

throttle

• n. A valve that regulates the supply of fuel-air mixture to an internal combustion engine and thus controls…
• n. The lever or pedal that controls this valve.
• n. The windpipe or trachea.
• v. (transitive) To cut back on the speed of (an engine, person, organization, network connection, etc.).
• v. (transitive) To strangle or choke someone.
• v. (intransitive) To have the throat obstructed so as to be in danger of suffocation; to choke; to suffocate.
• v. (intransitive) To breathe hard, as when nearly suffocated.
• v. (transitive) To utter with breaks and interruption, in the manner of a person half suffocated.