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ALL meanings of garrotte

gar·rotte
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  • noun garrotte An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation. 1
  • verb with object garrotte to execute by the garrote. 1
  • verb with object garrotte to strangle or throttle, especially in the course of a robbery. 1
  • noun garrotte 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 garrotte the collarlike instrument used for this method of execution. 1
  • noun garrotte strangulation or throttling, especially in the course of a robbery. 1
  • noun garrotte an instrument, usually a cord or wire with handles attached at the ends, used for strangling a victim. 1
  • verb garrotte If someone is garrotted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly round their neck. 0
  • countable noun garrotte A garrotte is a piece of wire or cord used to garrotte someone. 0
  • noun garrotte a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck 0
  • noun garrotte the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions 0
  • noun garrotte strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery 0
  • verb garrotte to execute by means of the garrotte 0
  • verb garrotte to strangle, esp in order to commit robbery 0
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