garrote
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garrote
a device or instrument used to strangle a person; strangulation or throttling
Not to be confused with:
garret – a small attic
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gar·rote
or gar·rotte (gə-rŏt′, -rōt′)n.
1.
a. A method of execution formerly practiced in Spain, in which a tightened iron collar is used to strangle or break the neck of a condemned person.
b. The iron collar used for such an execution.
2.
a. Strangulation, especially in order to rob.
b. A cord or wire used for strangling.
tr.v. gar·rot·ed, gar·rot·ing, gar·rotes or gar·rot·ted or gar·rot·ting or gar·rottes
1. To execute by garrote.
2. To strangle in order to rob.
[Spanish, cudgel, instrument of torture, possibly from Old French garrot, perhaps from garoquier, to struggle.]
gar·rot′er n.
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gar•rote
ga•rotte
(gəˈrɒt, -ˈroʊt)n., v. -rot•ed, -rot•ing or -rot•ted, -rot•ting. n.
1. a method of execution in which an iron collar is tightened around a person's neck until death occurs.
2. the collarlike instrument used for this.
3. strangulation or throttling, esp. in the course of a robbery.
4. a cord or wire used for strangling.
v.t. 5. to execute or stangle with the garrote.
[1615–25; < Sp garrote or French garrot cudgel, of uncertain orig.]
gar•rot′er, n.
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garrote
Past participle: garroted
Gerund: garroting
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| Noun | 1. |  garrote - an instrument of execution for execution by strangulationinstrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
| Verb | 1. | garrote - strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" strangle, strangulate, throttle - kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" |
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