garrote
Example Sentences
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He had been staging a performance in which he planned to sit in a garrote during the congress to denounce repression.
From Reuters
If I used sexist, racist, anti-Semitic or homophobic language as curse words, I might be garroted.
From New York Times
As Mr. Aiello garroted a mobster, he improvised a message to his victim that director Francis Ford Coppola kept in the film: “Michael Corleone says hello.”
From Washington Post
As Aiello garroted a mobster, he improvised a message to his victim that director Francis Ford Coppola kept in the film: “Michael Corleone says hello.”
From Seattle Times
The child had been hit on the head and strangled with a crude garrote.
From Fox News
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
