'Garrote' definitions:
Definition of 'garrote'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Garrote'
From: GCIDE
- Garrote \Gar*rote"\, n. [Sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of Celtic origin; cf. Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Cf. Garrot stick, Garter.] A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The instrument by means of which the garrote[1] is inflicted.
- Syn: garrote, garotte, iron collar. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
- 3. Hence: A short length of rope or other instrument used to strangle a person. [PJC]
Definition of 'Garrote'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'garrote'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asphyxia,
- asphyxiate,
- asphyxiation,
- behead,
- beheading,
- bowstring,
- burke,
- burking,
- burn,
- burning,
- capital punishment,
- choke,
- choking,
- crucifixion,
- crucify,
- decapitate,
- decapitation,
- decollate,
- decollation,
- defenestrate,
- defenestration,
- drown,
- drowning,
- electrocute,
- electrocution,
- execute,
- execution,
- fusillade,
- gassing,
- guillotine,
- hanging,
- hemlock,
- inflict capital punishment,
- judicial murder,
- lapidate,
- lapidation,
- necktie party,
- poisoning,
- put to death,
- shoot,
- shooting,
- smother,
- smotheration,
- smothering,
- stifle,
- stifling,
- stone,
- stoning,
- stop the breath,
- strangle,
- strangling,
- strangulation,
- suffocate,
- suffocation,
- the ax,
- the block,
- the chair,
- the gallows,
- the gas chamber,
- the guillotine,
- the hot seat,
- the rope,
- throttle,
- throttling