Antonyms for garroted

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : guh-roht, -rot

Phonetic Transcription : gəˈroʊt, -ˈrɒt

Definition of garroted

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 executed : adj formally put to death
As in kill : verb deprive of existence; destroy
As in choke : verb smother, block
As in gag : verb silence, stop up

Example sentences :

On returning that evening from the theatre he is garroted and robbed of all he has with him.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 » by Various

Most of them was garroted, and a few was condemned to work on the roads for life.
Extract from : « The Bravest of the Brave » by G. A. Henty

Art, now in its very birth in his heart and life, was to be garroted.
Extract from : « The Lane That Had No Turning, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

He was garroted at Havana, being refused the honorable death of a soldier.
Extract from : « Cuba » by Arthur D. Hall

It fell upon me; I was seized, garroted, gagged, and guarded by the police.
Extract from : « A Start in Life » by Honore de Balzac

Our friend inquired of him how many he had garroted: "How can one tell?"
Extract from : « A Trip to Cuba » by Julia Ward Howe

Before he was garroted, Atahualpa begged that his remains might be preserved at Quito with those of his mother's people.
Extract from : « South American Fights and Fighters » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

Him they carried to the town-council who returned him to the tribunal and garroted the coachman.
Extract from : « A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 1 » by Henry Charles Lea

The chevalier was thus overpowered, garroted and captured in less time than it has taken to write these words.
Extract from : « A Romance of the West Indies » by Eugne Sue

Genealogically genuine enough, my poor Czar,—that needed to be garroted so very soon!
Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XX. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

Synonyms for garroted

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