About The Word Garrote
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Garrote
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What's The Definition Of Garrote?
[n] an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
Synonyms | Synonyms for Garrote: garotte | garrotte | iron collar Related Terms | Find terms related to Garrote: asphyxia | asphyxiate | asphyxiation | behead | beheading | bowstring | burke | burking | burn | burning | capital punishment | choke | choking | crucifixion | crucify | decapitate | decapitation | decollate | decollation | defenestrate | defenestration | drown | drowning | electrocute | electrocution | execute | execution | fusillade | gassing | guillotine | hanging | hemlock | inflict capital punishment | judicial murder | lapidate | lapidation | necktie party | poisoning | put to death | shoot | shooting | smother | smotheration | smothering | stifle | stifling | stone | stoning | stop the breath | strangle | strangling | strangulation | suffocate | suffocation | the ax | the block | the chair | the gallows | the gas chamber | the guillotine | the hot seat | the rope | throttle | throttling See Also | instrument of execution Garrote In Webster's Dictionary \Gar*rote"\, n. [Sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of
Celtic origin; cf. Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Cf.
{Garrot} stick, {Garter}.]
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron
collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life
become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the
punishment is inflicted.
\Gar*rote"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Garroted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Garroting}.] To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. |
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