Synonyms for garotte
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : guh-rot, -roht |
| Phonetic Transcription : gəˈrɒt, -ˈroʊt |
Top 10 synonyms for garotte Other synonyms for the word garotte
- abolish
- asphyxiate
- blot out
- bump off
- chill
- cool
- defeat
- dispatch
- do in
- drub
- dust off
- electrocute
- eliminate
- eradicate
- extinguish
- finish
- garotte
- guillotine
- hang
- hit
- knife
- knock off
- liquidate
- mangle
- mar
- misuse
- off
- put away
- rub out
- ruin
- slaughter
- slay
- smother
- snuff
- spoil
- strangle
- take a life
- take for a ride
- take out
- thrash
- waste
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for garotte
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