Garrote

[ɡə'rɒt]

解释:

(noun.) an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.

(verb.) strangle with an iron collar; 'people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain'.

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解释:

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.

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