Antonyms for garrote
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : guh-roht, -rot |
| Phonetic Transcription : gəˈroʊt, -ˈrɒt |
Definition of garrote
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 kill : verb deprive of existence; destroy
- As in choke : verb smother, block
- As in gag : verb silence, stop up
- There she lay, the Fleming staring at her, with the garrote in his hand.
- Extract from : « A Supplementary Chapter to the Bible in Spain » by George Borrow
- He was apparently as familiar with the garrote as the knife.
- Extract from : « Police Your Planet » by Lester del Rey
- He cleared his throat as though to disembarrass it of a garrote.
- Extract from : « Greener Than You Think » by Ward Moore
- They would all be glad to see him seated in the chair of the “garrote.”
- Extract from : « The White Chief » by Mayne Reid
- If the rascal does recover, what a beautiful subject for the garrote he will make.
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) » by Michael Scott
- What a splendid specimen of the powers of the garrote we have lost!
- Extract from : « The Cruise of the Midge (Vol. II of 2) » by Michael Scott
- They had dismounted the old man, and were about to garrote him.
- Extract from : « Marie » by Alexander Pushkin
- Are you saying that name so that they may garrote you tomorrow on Bagumbayan?
- Extract from : « The Social Cancer » by Jos Rizal
- They were fugitives from the noose, from the garrote, from the guillotine.
- Extract from : « The Missourian » by Eugene P. (Eugene Percy) Lyle
- They garrote people in the most barbarous manner out there now.
- Extract from : « Captain Jinks, Hero » by Ernest Crosby
Synonyms for garrote
- annihilate
- asphyxiate
- assassinate
- balk
- bar
- bottle up
- check
- choke
- clog
- close
- congest
- constrain
- constrict
- cork
- cork up
- crucify
- curb
- dam
- deaden
- demur
- die
- dispatch
- do away with
- do in
- drown
- dump
- electrocute
- eradicate
- erase
- execute
- exterminate
- extirpate
- fill
- finish
- gag
- garrote
- gasp
- get
- gibbet
- guillotine
- hang
- hit
- immolate
- keep the lid on
- kill
- liquidate
- lynch
- massacre
- muffle
- murder
- muzzle
- neutralize
- noose
- obliterate
- obstruct
- occlude
- off
- overpower
- poison
- polish off
- put away
- put the lid on
- put to death
- quiet
- repress
- restrain
- retard
- rub out
- sacrifice
- shut down
- shy
- slaughter
- slay
- smother
- snuff
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- stop
- stopper
- strangle
- strangulate
- stuff
- stumble
- stunt
- suffocate
- suppress
- tape up
- throttle
- tongue-tie
- waste
- wipe out
- wring
- X-out
- zap
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