garroter

If he'd got his hands on one you'd have found him an expert garroter.

He clamped his feet around the dolphin's slick tail and pulled the rope with all the will of a garroter.

He is a harmless enough fellow, Parker by name, a garroter by trade, and a remarkable performer upon the jew's-harp.

Garroter, bone-crusher, spine-cracker--yes, all of these were in Bolan's bag of tricks.