GAROTTE

garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar

(noun) an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation

garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag

(verb) strangle with an iron collar; “people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

garotte (plural garottes)

Alternative spelling of garrotte

Verb

garotte (third-person singular simple present garottes, present participle garotting, simple past and past participle garotted)

Alternative spelling of garrotte

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

25 December 2024

UNAMBIGUOUS

(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa


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