| VERB | contact | garrotte, garrote, garotte, scrag | strangle with an iron collar |
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| NOUN | artifact | garrotte, garrote, garotte, iron collar | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
| Meaning | An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation. | |
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| Synonyms | garrote, garotte, iron collar | |
| Broader | instrument of execution | An instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
| Spanish | collar de hierro, garrote, garrote vil | |
| Catalan | garrot, garrot vil | |
| Verbs | garrotte | strangle with an iron collar |
| Meaning | strangle with an iron collar. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to garrotte the prisoners | |
| Example | "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" | |
| Synonyms | garrote, garotte, scrag | |
| Broader | strangle, strangulate, throttle | kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air |
| Spanish | agarrotar, torcer el pescuezo | |
| Catalan | garrotar | |
| Nouns | garrotte | an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |
| garrotter | someone who kills by strangling | |
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