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Garrote   Listen
noun
Garrote  n.  
1.
A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct.
2.
The instrument by means of which the garrote (1) is inflicted.
Synonyms: garrote, garotte, iron collar.
3.
Hence: A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person.





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"Garrote" Quotes from Famous Books



... acquaintance afloat for whom he felt the least dread. He knew him to be bold, skillful, and wary, and so the Don had a tolerably positive conviction that, should he play him false, his own neck might get a wrench in the garrote while he was throwing ...
— Captain Brand of the "Centipede" • H. A. (Henry Augustus) Wise


Words linked to "Garrote" :   garroter, scrag, garrotte, iron collar, garotte, throttle, instrument of execution, strangle


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