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to garrote

to garrote

2 9.9
To kill someone by squeezing their neck with a cord or wire
  • verb
  • /ɡəˈrɑːt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : garrotar
  • He personally garroted his father and his infant sons.
  • garroted with wire

Examples

  • He is being garroted—his throat crushed with a rope.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The assassin silently approached the target and garroted him with a thin wire.

  • - You are both to be... garroted.

    Pirates (1986)

  • It doesn't take a great deal of strength to garrote a man, even a big man, so long as you take him unaware.

    Fiction book (2000)

  • - His rightful place is on the scaffold... - garroted with the rest of them.

    Pirates (1986)

  • You're gonna send these two, and they're gonna... stab me in a crowded Italian restaurant, garrote me in my sleep?

    Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995)

  • In the film, the villain garroted his enemy in an attempt to eliminate him quietly.

  • The detective discovered that the victim had been garroted to prevent any struggle.

Synonyms

to garrotte
vsto garrote
  • Offensive
9.9

To kill someone by tightening a cord or wire around the neck

is the same meaning but spelled with different letters

How Violent

to garrote
  • Offensive
2 9.9
to strangle
  • Offensive
209 6.2
to asphyxiate
  • Specialized
13 9.3
to choke
  • NSFW
264 3.7

Surface Forms

garrote infinitive
garrotted past
garrotted past participle
garrotting present participle
garrotes third person singular

Etymology

Garrote comes from the Spanish word garrote, which originally meant a 'club' or heavy stick. Over time it became the name for killing by strangling, so to garrote someone is to strangle them.