Synonyms for garroted
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : guh-roht, -rot |
| Phonetic Transcription : gəˈroʊt, -ˈrɒt |
Top 10 synonyms for garroted Other synonyms for the word garroted
- annihilate
- asphyxiate
- balk
- bar
- beheaded
- bottle up
- check
- close
- constrict
- cork
- cork up
- crucified
- crucify
- curb
- dam
- deaden
- demur
- die
- dispatch
- do away with
- do in
- dump
- electrocute
- electrocuted
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extirpate
- finish
- fried
- garrote
- garroted
- gassed
- get
- gibbet
- guillotine
- guillotined
- hang
- hanged
- hit
- immolate
- keep the lid on
- kill
- killed
- 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
- shot
- 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
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for garroted
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