[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

garrote \garrote"\, n. sp. garrote, from garra claw, talon, of
   celtic origin; cf. armor.  w. gar leg, ham, shank. cf.
   garrot stick, garter.
   a spanish mode of execution by strangulation, with an iron
   collar affixed to a post and tightened by a screw until life
   become extinct.
   1913 webster

   2. the instrument by means of which the garrote1 is
      inflicted.

   syn: garrote, garotte, iron collar.
        1913 webster + wordnet 1.5

   3. hence: a short length of rope or other instrument used to
      strangle a person.
      pjc
see also:
garrot garter 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

garrote \garrote"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. garroted; p. pr. 
   vb. n. garroting.
   to strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat,
   from behind, with a view to strangle and rob.
   1913 webster
see also:
garroted garroting 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

garrote
     n : an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
         syn: garotte, garrotte, iron collar
     v : strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during
         the inquisition in spain" syn: garrotte, garotte, scrag
see also:
garotte garrotte iron collar scrag 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

64 moby thesaurus words for "garrote":
   asphyxia, asphyxiate, asphyxiation, behead, beheading, bowstring,
   burke, burking, burn, burning, capital punishment, choke, choking,
   crucifixion, crucify, decapitate, decapitation, decollate,
   decollation, defenestrate, defenestration, drown, drowning,
   electrocute, electrocution, execute, execution, fusillade, gassing,
   guillotine, hanging, hemlock, inflict capital punishment,
   judicial murder, lapidate, lapidation, necktie party, poisoning,
   put to death, shoot, shooting, smother, smotheration, smothering,
   stifle, stifling, stone, stoning, stop the breath, strangle,
   strangling, strangulation, suffocate, suffocation, the ax,
   the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine,
   the hot seat, the rope, throttle, throttling

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