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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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