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Garrote logo #10101) Execution method 2) Garotte 3) Garrotte 4) Infamous spanish collar 5) Inquisition choking device 6) Instrument of execution 7) Iron collar 8) Rope for strangulation 9) Strangle 10) Strangle with an iron collar 11) The Godfather weapon 12) To execute by strangulation 13) To kill using a garrote
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Garrote

Garrote logo #10101) Garotte 2) Garrotte 3) Stopforbreath
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Garrote

Garrote logo #21000 A garrote or garrote vil (a Spanish word; alternative spellings include garotte and garrotte) is a weapon, most often referring to a handheld ligature of chain, rope, scarf, wire or fishing line used to strangle a person. ==Assassination weapon== A garrote can be made out of many different materials, including ropes, cable ties, fishing lines, nyl...
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Garrote

Garrote logo #21002• (v. t.) To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. • (n.) A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted.Garrote: word...
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garrote logo #21003device used in strangling condemned persons. In one form it consists of an iron collar attached to a post. The victim`s neck is placed in the ...
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Garrote

Garrote logo #20972Gar·rote' noun [ Spanish garrote , from garra claw, talon, of Celtic origin; confer Armor. & W. gar leg, ham, shank. Confer Garrot stick, Garter .] A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life...
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Garrote

Garrote logo #20972Gar·rote' transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Garroted ; present participle & verbal noun Garroting .] To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
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Garrote

Garrote logo #21217Garrote is a mode of capital punishment opriginally popular in Spain. It is a form of strangulation, the victim being placed on a stool with a post or stake behind, to which is affixed an iron collar with a screw; this collar is made to clasp the neck of the criminal, and drawn tighter by means of the screw until life becomes extinct. This word, wi...
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garrote

garrote logo #20400[n] - an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
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garrote logo #20974garotte noun an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
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garrote

garrote logo #24202strangulation with a rope or wire.
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