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garrote
garrotea device or instrument used to strangle a person; strangulation or throttling Not to be confused with:garret – a small atticgar·rote or gar·rotte G0048800 (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.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. garrote Past participle: garroted Gerund: garroting
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I garrote | you garrote | he/she/it garrotes | we garrote | you garrote | they garrote |
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I garroted | you garroted | he/she/it garroted | we garroted | you garroted | they garroted |
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I am garroting | you are garroting | he/she/it is garroting | we are garroting | you are garroting | they are garroting |
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I have garroted | you have garroted | he/she/it has garroted | we have garroted | you have garroted | they have garroted |
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I was garroting | you were garroting | he/she/it was garroting | we were garroting | you were garroting | they were garroting |
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I had garroted | you had garroted | he/she/it had garroted | we had garroted | you had garroted | they had garroted |
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I will garrote | you will garrote | he/she/it will garrote | we will garrote | you will garrote | they will garrote |
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I will have garroted | you will have garroted | he/she/it will have garroted | we will have garroted | you will have garroted | they will have garroted |
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I will be garroting | you will be garroting | he/she/it will be garroting | we will be garroting | you will be garroting | they will be garroting |
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I have been garroting | you have been garroting | he/she/it has been garroting | we have been garroting | you have been garroting | they have been garroting |
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I will have been garroting | you will have been garroting | he/she/it will have been garroting | we will have been garroting | you will have been garroting | they will have been garroting |
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I had been garroting | you had been garroting | he/she/it had been garroting | we had been garroting | you had been garroting | they had been garroting |
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I would garrote | you would garrote | he/she/it would garrote | we would garrote | you would garrote | they would garrote |
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I would have garroted | you would have garroted | he/she/it would have garroted | we would have garroted | you would have garroted | they would have garroted | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | garrote - an instrument of execution for execution by strangulationgarotte, garrotte, iron collarinstrument 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"garotte, garrotte, scragstrangle, 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" |
garrote
garrote noun A weaponised device used for assassination and as a device for capital punishment in the Iberian peninsula (until being abolished in the late 1970s). Garrotes consist of a choking part (e.g., cord, rope, band, wire, etc.), which is looped around the victim’s neck, and a twisting part, which is tightened until the victim expires. First used by the Romans to dispatch enemies of state, the Spanish and Portuguese used the garrote in the Middle Ages and in the colonisation of the New World. verb To kill or execute by garroting.garrote
Synonyms for garrotenoun an instrument of execution for execution by strangulationSynonyms- garotte
- garrotte
- iron collar
Related Wordsverb strangle with an iron collarSynonymsRelated Words- strangle
- strangulate
- throttle
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