garrote

Noun

1. (historical) An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.
2. Something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation.

Verb

1. (transitive) To execute by strangulation, to kill using a garrote.
2. (transitive) To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈɹɒt/

Etymology

From Spanish garrote. Doublet of garrot.

Synonyms

garotte

garrotte

iron collar

scrag

throttle

strangulate

suffocate

stiffen

strangle

Translations

Garotte

Garrotte

garota

garrot

garrotta

garrote

Halseisen

stärken

أعْدم خنْقاً

κόλαρο στραγγαλισμού

étrangler

garrottieren

garroter

garrotter

garrotar