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GARROTTE
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
Etymology
Noun
garrotte (plural garrottes)
A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.
(historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
Verb
garrotte (third-person singular simple present garrottes, present participle garrotting, simple past and past participle garrotted)
(transitive) To execute by strangulation.
(transitive) To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
Anagrams
• garotter
Source: Wiktionary
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