garrote
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- noun
- /ɡəˈrɑːt/
- Offensive
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garrote
- The killer must have come up behind him, dropped the garrote over his head, then used the stick to twist it tighter and tighter around his throat.
- garrote wire
- garrote around the neck
Examples
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We found the garrote at the scene.
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He uncoils the garrote, snaps it taut, and starts around her neck.
Fiction book (2000) -
And where are you gonna find a garrote?
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Did you remove the garrote?
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Someone came up from behind her... and kiIIed her with a garrote.
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You either get stood against a wall or they use the garrote on you: strangle you to death.
Fiction book (2002) -
A garrote cord, for strangulation!
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Anyway, my point is that when he saw the garrote, he reacted with genuine shock and disgust.
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He had been killed with a simple garrote, a short loop of rope attached to each end of a short, stout twisting stick.
Fiction book (2000) -
The police discovered a garrote made of wire hidden in the suspect's garage.
Synonyms
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A tool that kills by tightening a cord or wire around the neck
A metal band placed around the neck used to kill someone by choking
Surface Forms
Etymology
Garrote as a noun also comes from the Spanish garrote, first meaning a 'club' or heavy stick used as a weapon. It later named the cord or collar used to kill by tightening around someone's neck, so a garrote is the tool for strangling.