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GARROTTE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation

Synonyms:

garotte; garrote; garrotte; iron collar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("garrotte" is a kind of...):

instrument of execution (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)

Derivation:

garrotte (strangle with an iron collar)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Strangle with an iron collar

Example:

people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain

Synonyms:

garotte; garrote; garrotte; scrag

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "garrotte" is one way to...):

strangle; strangulate; throttle (kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to garrotte the prisoners

Derivation:

garrotte (an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation)

garrotter (someone who kills by strangling)

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