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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