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1 garrotte -- rank: 1000

garrotte definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation [syn: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar] v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag] Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. (also garotte; US ... garrotted. VERB: be V-ed, also V n 2. A garrotte is a piece of wire or cord used to garrotte someone. N-COUNT

2 garotte -- rank: 446

... instrument of execution for execution by strangulation [syn: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar] v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag] Merriam Webster's I. noun see garrote I ... transitive verb see garrote II Oxford Reference Dictionary var. of GARROTTE.

3 garrote -- rank: 352

... instrument of execution for execution by strangulation [syn: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar] v 1: strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag] Merriam Webster's I. noun or garotte Etymology ...

4 iron collar -- rank: 223

... instrument of execution for execution by strangulation [syn: garrote, garotte, garrotte, iron collar]

5 Scrag -- rank: 223

... people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: garrote, garrotte, garotte, scrag] 2: wring the neck of; "The man choked ...

6 Choke -- rank: 223

... flush, fold, fold up, foul, frustrate, fry, gag, garotte, garrote, garrotte, gasp, glow, glut, gluttonize, gorge, heap, hush, hush-hush, incandesce ...