garrote
verb[T]
(alsogarotte);(UKalsogarrotte)us/ɡəˈrɑːt/uk/ɡəˈrɒt/tokillsomeone by putting ametalwireorcollararoundtheirneckandpullingit
Murder & attempted murder
- asphyxiation
- assassinate
- assassination
- attempt
- bloodstained
- butcher
- drive-by
- genocide
- gunsomeonedown
- holocaust
- homicide
- infanticide
- polish
- polishsomethingoff
- pop off
- putsomeoneto the swordidiom
- regicide
- slaughter
- smother
- snuff
garrote
noun[C]
(alsogarotte);(UKalsogarrotte)us/ɡəˈrɑːt/uk/ɡəˈrɒt/ametalwireorcollarused tokillsomeone
Death penalties
- behead
- boot
- boots on the groundidiom
- burn
- capital punishment
- chair
- condemn
- condemnsomeoneto (do)something
- death warrant
- decapitate
- decapitation
- electrocution
- guillotine
- hang
- hanging
- hangman
- hung
- stake
- string
- the electric chair