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GARROTE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does garrote mean? 

GARROTE (noun)
  The noun GARROTE has 1 sense:

1. an instrument of execution for execution by strangulationplay

  Familiarity information: GARROTE used as a noun is very rare.


GARROTE (verb)
  The verb GARROTE has 1 sense:

1. strangle with an iron collarplay

  Familiarity information: GARROTE used as a verb is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GARROTE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

garotte; garrote; garrotte; iron collar

Hypernyms ("garrote" is a kind of...):

instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)


GARROTE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they garrote  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it garrotes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: garroted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: garroted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: garroting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Strangle with an iron collar

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

garotte; garrote; garrotte; scrag

Context example:

people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain

Hypernyms (to "garrote" is one way to...):

strangle; strangulate; throttle (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

garroter (someone who kills by strangling)


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