variants
or garotte
1
a
: a method of execution by strangulation
b
: the apparatus used
2
: an implement (such as a wire with a handle at each end) for strangulation
variants
or garotte
garroted or garotted; garroting or garotting
: to strangle with or as if with a garrote
garroter
noun
Examples of garrote in a Sentence
Verb
the goons sent by the loan shark threatened to garrote the hero with his own necktie
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Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
When Mack turned to get him one, Wallace used his pillow case as a garrote to drag Mack into her bedroom.
—Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
And Smit is unaware of a single case where a parent used a garrote to kill a child.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
Hours later — after reporting her missing to the police and having detectives search the house — John Bennett Ramsey found his daughter dead in their basement with a garrote (a type of handheld ligature) tied around her neck.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
The 6-year-old was strangled using a garrote — a rope attached to an object on one end that’s typically used to tighten the rope — that cut deep into her throat.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Oct. 2021
Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable.
—Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims.
—Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
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Noun
Ramsey also told Casarez that several potentially key pieces of evidence have never been tested, thought to include a garrote found around JonBenét's neck and a ransom note found in the Ramsey house.
—Jonathan Granoff, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
When Mack turned to get him one, Wallace used his pillow case as a garrote to drag Mack into her bedroom.
—Michael Gordon, Charlotte Observer, 17 Jan. 2025
And Smit is unaware of a single case where a parent used a garrote to kill a child.
—Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2024
Hours later — after reporting her missing to the police and having detectives search the house — John Bennett Ramsey found his daughter dead in their basement with a garrote (a type of handheld ligature) tied around her neck.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 25 Nov. 2024
The 6-year-old was strangled using a garrote — a rope attached to an object on one end that’s typically used to tighten the rope — that cut deep into her throat.
—Aja Romano, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Verb
That means the Senate's only practical effect is adding another point at which oligarch lobbyists can garrote popular policy.
—Ryan Cooper, The Week, 29 Oct. 2021
Tony, unhindered by any sense of moral anguish, garrotes the man in broad daylight with a length of cable.
—Adam Wilson, Harper's magazine, 16 Sep. 2019
Sometimes the line between good writing and bad writing can be as thin as the piano wire with which a madman garrotes his victims.
—Laura Miller, Slate Magazine, 15 Aug. 2017
Last year, he was garroted by saw briars—the vicious inch-long thorns that lace the course—which left bleeding gashes across his neck.
—George Pendle, Esquire, 26 July 2017
Cite this Entry
“Garrote.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garrote. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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garrote
2 of 2 verb
variants
or garotte
garroted or garotted; garroting or garotting
: to strangle with or as if with a garrote
garroter
noun
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