garrote

Speech parts

1. garrote - Noun

2. garrote - Verb

Meaning

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.

To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

scrag garotte garrotte iron collar burke slipknot gallows suffocate kill die murder execute rope suppress hanging
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Antonyms

free increase release grow save extend
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Hypernyms

throttle strangle strangulate instrument of execution

Phrases with the word

garrote vil

Derivatives

garroted garroting

Examples

people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain Source: Internet

In 1943, Andorra carried out its first execution since the 19th century, that of Antoni Arenis for double fratricide by firing squad (because a trained executioner was unavailable to operate the legal method - Garrote ). Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

garronite Garros garrot garrote vil garroter garroting