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garrotes

garrotes is the plural of garrote.

garrotes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of garrote.

Meaning of garrote

Noun

garrote (plural garrotes)

  1. (historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
    • I have twenty times done that which by Busnée law should have brought me to the filimicha (gallows), yet my neck has never yet been squeezed by the cold garrote.1843, George Borrow, The Bible in Spain, London: Cassell and Company, Ltd.
  2. Something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation.
    • The mob boss was known for having his enemies executed with a garrote of piano wire.

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Questions about garrotes

What is garrotes the plural of?
Garrotes is the plural of garrote.

Words near garrotes in the dictionary

  1. garrot
  2. garrote
  3. garroted
  4. garroter
  5. garroters
  6. garrotes
  7. garroting
  8. garrotings
  9. garrots
  10. garrotte
  11. garrotted

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