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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation [syn: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar] v
1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun or garotte Etymology: Spanish garrote Date: 1622 1. a. a method of execution by strangulation b. the apparatus used 2. an implement (as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation II. transitive verb or garotte (garroted or garotted; garroting or garotting) Date: 1851 to strangle with or as if with a garrote • garroter noun

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Garrote Gar*rote", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garroted; p. pr. & vb. n. Garroting.] To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

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