Thesaurus / garrote
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synonyms for garrote
- choke
- constrain
- muzzle
- suppress
- balk
- cork
- curb
- deaden
- demur
- muffle
- obstruct
- quiet
- repress
- restrain
- shy
- squash
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- stumble
- throttle
- tongue-tie
- bottle up
- cork up
- keep the lid on
- put the lid on
- shut down
- tape up
- assassinate
- drown
- execute
- get
- hit
- massacre
- murder
- poison
- slaughter
- slay
- wipe out
- annihilate
- asphyxiate
- crucify
- dispatch
- dump
- electrocute
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extirpate
- finish
- guillotine
- hang
- immolate
- liquidate
- lynch
- neutralize
- obliterate
- off
- sacrifice
- smother
- snuff
- strangle
- suffocate
- waste
- zap
- do away with
- do in
- polish off
- put away
- put to death
- rub out
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How to use garrote in a sentence
Harleston had been shifting slowly from one foot to the other, feeling behind him for the man with the garrote.
THE CAB OF THE SLEEPING HORSEJOHN REED SCOTTInstantly the garrote loosened; and Harleston, with a wild yell, sprang forward and swung straight at the point of Crenshaw's jaw.
THE CAB OF THE SLEEPING HORSEJOHN REED SCOTTHe smiled—somewhat chillily, it must be admitted—and whispered, his speaking voice being shut off by the garrote.
THE CAB OF THE SLEEPING HORSEJOHN REED SCOTTGarrote also means a cudgel, or heavy walking-stick; and the tourniquet used by surgeons.
THE BIBLE IN SPAIN - VOL. 2 [OF 2]GEORGE BORROWHe was taken to Havana, and died by garrote in the little fortress La Punta.
CUBA, OLD AND NEWALBERT GARDNER ROBINSONIt wouldn't be safe for ye to git up and go out, for they'll folly ye and garrote ye afore ye could raich a safe place.
BRAVE TOMEDWARD S. ELLISMagado : Garrote de Guerra : Poles or sticks used as weapons.
JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, VOL. 1 (OF 2)GEORGE GREYIf the rascal does recover, what a beautiful subject for the garrote he will make.
THE CRUISE OF THE MIDGE (VOL. II OF 2)MICHAEL SCOTTWhat a splendid specimen of the powers of the garrote we have lost!
THE CRUISE OF THE MIDGE (VOL. II OF 2)MICHAEL SCOTTThey had dismounted the old man, and were about to garrote him.
MARIEALEXANDER PUSHKINWORDS RELATED TO GARROTE
- balking
- bottling up
- choking
- constraining
- corking
- corking up
- curbing
- deadening
- demurring
- garroting
- keeping the lid on
- muffling
- muzzling
- obstructing
- putting the lid on
- quieting
- repressing
- restraining
- shutting down
- shying
- squashing
- squelching
- stifling
- stilling
- stumbling
- suppressing
- taping up
- throttling
- tongue-tying
- annihilate
- asphyxiate
- assassinate
- crucify
- dispatch
- do away with
- do in
- drown
- dump
- electrocute
- eradicate
- erase
- execute
- exterminate
- extirpate
- finish
- garrote
- get
- guillotine
- hang
- hit
- immolate
- liquidate
- lynch
- massacre
- murder
- neutralize
- obliterate
- off
- poison
- polish off
- put away
- put to death
- rub out
- sacrifice
- slaughter
- slay
- smother
- snuff
- strangle
- suffocate
- waste
- wipe out
- zap
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.