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garotte

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garotte [gəˈrɒt]
n & vb
(Historical Terms) a variant spelling of garrotte
garotter  n
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Noun1.garottegarotte - an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
garrote, garrotte, iron collar
instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person
Verb1.garotte - strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"
garrote, garrotte, scrag
strangle, strangulate, throttle - kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"


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Ozmen L, Roman D, Fountoulakis M, Schmid G, Ryffel B, Garotte G.
Effect of bisphenol A on murine immune function: modulation of ... by Walser-Kuntz, Debby / Environmental Health Perspectives
In the meantime, guards found a homemade garotte in the subject's cell, and prosecutors filed a felony charge of weapon possession while in prison.
Lethal predators and future dangerousness by Ochberg, Frank M. / The FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
61, whose divine help was petitioned to ward off the Romans, whose recent victory nearby had severed the gold trade route; (5) He had been sacrificed to three Celtic gods, whose Teutonic names survive in Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: to Teutates, the god of the tribe, by drowning; to Wodin, the war god, by strangulation with a three-knotted garotte, while his jugular was lanced and his blood collected in a bowl; and to Thor, the thunder god, by three blows to the head.
Supreme Court Druids: Modern human sacrifice to ancient gods by Waldock, Humphrey / Catholic Insight
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