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English to English noun
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an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation |  | source: wordnet30
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A Spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life become extinct; also, the instrument by means of which the punishment is inflicted. | | source: webster1913 verb
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strangle with an iron collar | | Example: people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain
source: wordnet30
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To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. | | source: webster1913
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