Meaning Of The Word Garrote

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What's The Definition Of Garrote?

garrote
transitive verb: If someone is garroted, they are killed by having something such as a piece of wire or cord pulled tightly around their neck.

garrote in American English
a method of execution, as formerly in Spain, with an iron collar tightened about the neck by a screw
to execute or attack with a garrote or by strangling
noun: a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain
transitive verb: to execute by the garrote

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