variants
or garotte
1
a
: a method of execution by strangulation
b
: the apparatus used
2
: an implement (such as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation
variants
or garotte
garroted or garotted; garroting or garotting
: to strangle with or as if with a garrote
garroter
noun
Synonyms
Examples of garrote in a Sentence
Verb
the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie
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Dena Goldstein, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
The 6-year-old was strangled using a garrote — a rope attached to an object on one end that’s typically used to tighten the rope — that cut deep into her throat.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
That led him to believe Oliva had killed JonBenét, seeing as the murder weapon in the cold case had been a garrote, made of a rope attached by a knot to a broken paintbrush handle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The child beauty pageant queen had duct tape over her mouth and a garrote twisted around her neck.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
She was strangled with a makeshift garrote and she had been struck on the head.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Nov. 2024
The suspicion ramped up when John found JonBenét’s body later that day, bound and strangled with a garrote in a small room practically hidden in the home’s basement.
—Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Seven hours after the little blond girl was reported missing, her body was discovered in the basement of the Ramseys’ home; a garrote was tied around her neck and her skull was broken.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In addition to the fact that the paintbrush handle used as the garrote came from Patsy’s paint collection, fibers from both John’s and Patsy’s clothing were found all over the crime scene.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Oct. 2021
Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable.
—Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims.
—Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
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Noun
An unusual murder weapon The garrote used to strangle JonBenét.
—Dena Goldstein, CBS News, 20 Dec. 2024
The 6-year-old was strangled using a garrote — a rope attached to an object on one end that’s typically used to tighten the rope — that cut deep into her throat.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
That led him to believe Oliva had killed JonBenét, seeing as the murder weapon in the cold case had been a garrote, made of a rope attached by a knot to a broken paintbrush handle.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
The child beauty pageant queen had duct tape over her mouth and a garrote twisted around her neck.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
She was strangled with a makeshift garrote and she had been struck on the head.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 26 Nov. 2024
The suspicion ramped up when John found JonBenét’s body later that day, bound and strangled with a garrote in a small room practically hidden in the home’s basement.
—Alessa Dominguez, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
Seven hours after the little blond girl was reported missing, her body was discovered in the basement of the Ramseys’ home; a garrote was tied around her neck and her skull was broken.
—Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
In addition to the fact that the paintbrush handle used as the garrote came from Patsy’s paint collection, fibers from both John’s and Patsy’s clothing were found all over the crime scene.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Verb
That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy.
—Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Oct. 2021
Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable.
—Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims.
—Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
Dictionary Entries Near garrote
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“Garrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garrote. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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garrote
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variants
or garotte
garroted or garotted; garroting or garotting
: to strangle with or as if with a garrote
garroter
noun
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