Antonyms for garotte

Grammar : Verb

Spell : guh-rot, -roht

Phonetic Transcription : gəˈrɒt, -ˈroʊt

Definition of garotte

Origin : also garrotte, 1620s, "Spanish method of capital punishment by strangulation," from Spanish garrote "stick for twisting cord," of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French guaroc "club, stick, rod, shaft of a crossbow," probably ultimately Celtic, but possibly from Frankish *wrokkan "to twist" (cf. Middle Dutch wroken "to twist").
I have no hesitation in pronouncing death by the garrot, at once the most manly, and the least offensive to the eye. [Major John Richardson, "British Legion," 1837]

As in murder : verb kill

Example sentences :

So Garotte became a sort of theocracy, with Judge Rablay as ruler.
Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

Lajeunesse, Garotte, and Muroc were invaluable, each after his kind.
Extract from : « When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

On the way to his house he met Duclosse the mealman and Garotte the lime-burner.
Extract from : « The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

Executed in Porto Rico by the terrible Spanish method of the garotte.
Extract from : « The Pirates' Who's Who » by Philip Gosse

But Bent would croak: "Whitman's struck nothin'; thar ain't no gold in Garotte; it's all work and no dust."
Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

Garotte, therefore, might yet become popular in the larger world, and its evil reputation be removed.
Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

But Garotte had too much experience of life to be won by a stranger's handsome looks.
Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

It was felt that the stranger had bluffed for all he was worth, and that Garotte had come out "at the little end of the horn."
Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

It was part of the unwritten law in Garotte to let every man in such circumstances play his game as he pleased.
Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

No one could imagine why he had come to Garotte, but he had not been half an hour in the place before he was recognized.
Extract from : « Eatin' Crow; and The Best Man In Garotte » by Frank Harris

Synonyms for garotte

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