garrote
IPA: gˈærʌt
noun
- an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation
- something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation
verb
- (transitive) to execute by strangulation
- (transitive) to kill using a garrote
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Examples of "garrote" in Sentences
- Trell looked as innocent as the man who claimed his garrote was a handkerchief.
- "As the garrote grows tighter, parts of the private market will spring to life."
- After the AFL/NFL merger, the garrote process would happen again in 1970, on an even bigger stage.
- The head of a home made spear, various knives, a quite professional garrote and some steel tube & chain DIY nun-chucks.
- The second pronunciation of "garrote" sounds like "quote" and the current meaning of garrote is to execute by strangulation.
- The autopsy revealed that poor JonBenet was strangled to death by ligature applied through the twisting of a fairly intricate garrote.
- He closed his eyes and turned away, saying over his shoulder, “To anyone who contemplates even nearing me while I sleep: I will garrote you with your own viscera.”
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