Definitions for garotes
garotes
ga·rote
Spelling: [guh-roht, -rot]
IPA: /gəˈroʊt, -ˈrɒt/
Garotes is a 7 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.
You can make 331 anagrams from letters in garotes (aegorst).
Definitions for garotes
noun
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a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
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the collarlike instrument used for this method of execution.
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strangulation or throttling, especially in the course of a robbery.
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an instrument, usually a cord or wire with handles attached at the ends, used for strangling a victim.
verb (used with object)
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to execute by the garrote.
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to strangle or throttle, especially in the course of a robbery.
noun, verb (used with object)
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garrote.
Origin of garotes
1615-25; Spanish garrote or French garrot packing-stick
Examples for garotes
I, who belong to one of the oldest and most powerful families in Spain, die by the garote!
garote fetched a jar of mezcal, which he placed before his terrible accomplice.
Hence the bandits, who recognised in garote one of themselves, did not at all distrust him.
Very shortly, a horse was heard galloping outside, and garote put his head in at the door.
garote made no objection, and White Gazelle darted down the mountain side with feverish ardour.