Definition of "garrotte" [garrotte]

• An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation (noun)
• Something, especially a cord or wire used for strangulation (noun)
• To execute by strangulation (verb)

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• "Sometimes with a long rifle, sometimes up very close and personally with a knife or garrotte for the sake of silence."
• "Electrical cord had been wound around her head and the small handle of a magnifying glass had been used to tighten it like a garrotte."
• "I'll pull a near all-nighter writing rot of life's garrotte, the dead line pulling tighter."