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garrotte

garrotte is the alternative spelling 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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Forms of garrotte

Noun
pluralgarrottes
Verb
third-person singular presentgarrottes
present participlegarrotting
past participlegarrotted
pastgarrotted

Questions about garrotte

What is garrotte the alternative spelling of?
Garrotte is the alternative spelling of garrote.

Words near garrotte in the dictionary

  1. garroters
  2. garrotes
  3. garroting
  4. garrotings
  5. garrots
  6. garrotte
  7. garrotted
  8. garrotter
  9. garrotters
  10. garrottes
  11. garrotting

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