garotte
an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation • Syn: garrote, garrotte, iron collar • Derivationally related forms: garrotte (for: garrotte) • Hypernyms: instrument of execution
strangle with an iron collar - people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain • Syn: garrote, garrotte, scrag • Derivationally related forms: garrotter (for: garrotte), garrotte (for: garrotte), garroter (for: garrote) • Hypernyms: strangle, strangulate, throttle • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - They want to garotte the prisoners
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