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Definition of Garrote
1. Verb. Strangle with an iron collar. "They want to garrote the prisoners "; "People were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
Generic synonyms: Strangle, Strangulate, Throttle
Derivative terms: Garotte, Garroter, Garrotte, Garrotter
2. Noun. An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.
Generic synonyms: Instrument Of Execution
Derivative terms: Garotte, Garrotte
Definition of Garrote
1. n. A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.
2. v. t. To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
Definition of Garrote
1. Noun. an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation ¹
2. Noun. something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) to execute by strangulation ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) to kill using a garrote ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garrote
1. to execute by strangling [v -ROTED, -ROTING, -ROTES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garrote
Literary usage of Garrote
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"garrote or Garotte (2 syl., g hanl) is the Spanish garrote (a stick). The original
way of garrotting in Spain was to place the victim on a chair ..."
2. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"garrote. a mode of execution practised in Spain and the Spanish colonies. ...
Formerly the garrote was merely a cord put round the neck and suddenly ..."
3. History of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott, Wilfred Harold Munro, John Foster Kirk (1904)
"... stealthily entered his prison; and the unhappy man, after confessing and
receiving the sacrament, submitted without resistance to the garrote. ..."
4. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"garrote, a mode of execution practised in Spain and the Spanish colonies. ...
Formerly the garrote was merely a cord put round the neck and suddenly ..."
5. Quaint Corner of Ancient Empires: Southern India, Burma, and Manila by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1899)
"TO-DAY I visited the prison for the purpose of seeing the garrote, and on asking
... I would like to see the garrote." " You are leaning against it, sir. ..."
6. Transactions of the New York State Medical Association for the Year by New York State Medical Association (1891)
"DOES THE garrote OR HANGING EVER PRODUCE INSTANTANEOUS UNCONSCIOUSNESS? ...
In the use of the garrote in executing criminals, I have reason to believe ..."
7. Due South: Or, Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou (1889)
"The garrote. —A Military Execution. — Cuban Milk Dealers.—Exposure of Domestic Life.
— Living in the Open Air. — The Campo Santo of Havana. ..."
8. History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization by William Hickling Prescott (1857)
"... the painful death to which he had been sentenced should be commuted for* the
milder form of the garrote, — a mode of punishment by strangulation, ..."
9. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"garrote or Garotte (2 syl., g hanl) is the Spanish garrote (a stick). The original
way of garrotting in Spain was to place the victim on a chair ..."
10. The American Cyclopædia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by Charles Anderson Dana (1874)
"garrote. a mode of execution practised in Spain and the Spanish colonies. ...
Formerly the garrote was merely a cord put round the neck and suddenly ..."
11. History of the Conquest of Peru by William Hickling Prescott, Wilfred Harold Munro, John Foster Kirk (1904)
"... stealthily entered his prison; and the unhappy man, after confessing and
receiving the sacrament, submitted without resistance to the garrote. ..."
12. The American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1883)
"garrote, a mode of execution practised in Spain and the Spanish colonies. ...
Formerly the garrote was merely a cord put round the neck and suddenly ..."
13. Quaint Corner of Ancient Empires: Southern India, Burma, and Manila by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1899)
"TO-DAY I visited the prison for the purpose of seeing the garrote, and on asking
... I would like to see the garrote." " You are leaning against it, sir. ..."
14. Transactions of the New York State Medical Association for the Year by New York State Medical Association (1891)
"DOES THE garrote OR HANGING EVER PRODUCE INSTANTANEOUS UNCONSCIOUSNESS? ...
In the use of the garrote in executing criminals, I have reason to believe ..."
15. Due South: Or, Cuba Past and Present by Maturin Murray Ballou (1889)
"The garrote. —A Military Execution. — Cuban Milk Dealers.—Exposure of Domestic Life.
— Living in the Open Air. — The Campo Santo of Havana. ..."
16. History of the Conquest of Peru: With a Preliminary View of the Civilization by William Hickling Prescott (1857)
"... the painful death to which he had been sentenced should be commuted for* the
milder form of the garrote, — a mode of punishment by strangulation, ..."
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