garrote

²garrote

verb

gar·rot·ed or ga·rott·edgar·rot·ing or ga·rott·ing

Definition of GARROTE

transitive verb

: to strangle with or as if with a garrote

— gar·rot·er noun

Variants of GARROTE

garrote or garotte

Examples of GARROTE

1. <the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie>

First Known Use of GARROTE

1851

Related to GARROTE

Synonyms: choke (or garotte), strangle, suffocate, throttle

Related Words: asphyxiate, smother, stifle; scrag

Near Antonyms: restore, resuscitate, revive

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