gar·rote /gəˈrɑt, ˈrot; ˈgærət/
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 Gar·rote 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.
 2. The instrument by means of which the garrote1 is inflicted.
 Syn: -- garrote, garotte, iron collar.


 Gar·rote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Garroted; p. pr. & vb. n. 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
      n : an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
          [syn: garotte, garrotte, iron collar]
      v : strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during
          the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrotte, garotte, scrag]