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Meaning of 'garrote' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Garrote [ n.]
- 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.
2 . Garrote [ v. t.]
- To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

Meaning of 'garrote' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . garrote [ v]
Meaning (1):
- strangle with an iron collar
Example in sentence:
  • people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain

Nearby Words:

gar gar pike garancin garb garbage garbed garbel garble garbled garbler

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