Scrag (Verb)
Meaning 1
Strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The traitors were scragged on the spot for their role in the uprising.
- Historical records show that those who plotted against the king were often scragged as punishment.
- Legend has it that the local lord was scragged by a wronged peasant during a revolt.
- The castle walls held the gruesome remains of those who had been scragged throughout the centuries.
- Many believed the rebel leader was scragged on the orders of the ruthless queen herself.
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Meaning 2
Wring the neck of; "The man choked his opponent".
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The farmer scragged the chicken to prepare it for dinner.
- The wrestler moved to scrag his opponent in the final match.
- During the violent brawl, one of the men tried to scrag the other.
- The ancient ritual required the high priest to scrag a sacrificial goat.
- In an intense rage, she dreamed of scragging the person who had wronged her.