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garroted

gar·rote
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guh-roht, -rot]
    • /gəˈroʊt, -ˈrɒt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [guh-roht, -rot]
    • /gəˈroʊt, -ˈrɒt/

Definitions of garroted word

  • noun garroted a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain. 1
  • noun garroted the collarlike instrument used for this method of execution. 1
  • noun garroted strangulation or throttling, especially in the course of a robbery. 1
  • noun garroted an instrument, usually a cord or wire with handles attached at the ends, used for strangling a victim. 1
  • verb with object garroted to execute by the garrote. 1
  • verb with object garroted to strangle or throttle, especially in the course of a robbery. 1
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Origin of garroted

First appearance:

before 1615
One of the 41% oldest English words
1615-25; < Spanish garrote or French garrot packing-stick < ?

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Parts of speech for Garroted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Garroted

garroted popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for garroted

adj garroted

  • shot — a discharge of a firearm, bow, etc.
  • hanged — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • fried — cooked in a pan or on a griddle over direct heat, usually in fat or oil.
  • gassed — drunk.

verb garroted

  • clog — When something clogs a hole or place, it blocks it so that nothing can pass through.
  • congest — to crowd or become crowded to excess; overfill
  • drown — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
  • suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.

adjective garroted

  • crucified — Simple past tense and past participle of crucify.
  • electrocuted — Simple past tense and past participle of electrocute.
All 106 Synonyms of garroted

Antonyms for garroted

verb garroted

  • aid — Aid is money, equipment, or services that are provided for people, countries, or organizations who need them but cannot provide them for themselves.
  • assist — If you assist someone, you help them to do a job or task by doing part of the work for them.
  • release — to lease again.
  • liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
  • permit — to allow to do something: Permit me to explain.
All 34 Antonyms of garroted

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