Crossword-Solution: GARROTE
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Garrote | 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. |
| Garrote | v. t. | To strangle with the garrote; hence, to seize by the throat, from behind, with a view to strangle and rob. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| GARROTE | anagram | ORGREAT |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEAER
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greedy person
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Sentences with GARROTE (5)
His head was passed inside the grating and fixed as at that moment when the first spring of the frightened horse had broken his neck between the bars as in a garrote, and the second plunge of the terrified animal had carried off his boot in the caught stirrup when it escaped.
All our other features are made for us; but a man makes his own mouth.” “Who was the person you sentenced?” “He was a young fellow that undertook to garrote a man who had won his money at cards.
All our other features are made for us; but a man makes his own mouth." "Who was the person you sentenced?" "He was a young fellow that undertook to garrote a man who had won his money at cards.
And long after the Second Garrote had become but a memory, the two octogenarians lived on in their little cabin, Chaffee seeking with primitive pick, shovel, and pan the more and more elusive gold, and Chamberlain contributing to the common purse by cultivating a small "ranch," the best crop of which was the campers who came to chat of bygone days with "the original of Tennessee's Partner." At last, in 1903, their partnership of fifty-four years was ended by the death of Chaffee.
After exhausting the enlivening resources of a package of morning papers, which at that time overflowed with records of every variety of crime, from the daily murder to the hourly garrote, he dozed.
Quotes with GARROTE (3)
His tone dripping condescension, Lothaire crooned, “Ah children, it’s not yet story time.” He closed his eyes and turned away, saying over his shoulder, “To anyone who contemplates even nearing me while I sleep: I will garrote you with your own viscera.
The handkerchief is the universal utensil of the seasoned traveler. It can be a sanitizing device, a seat cover, a dust mask, a garrote, a bandage, a gag, or a white flag. One may feel well-prepared with nothing but a pocket square.
He pauses then, studying me. “How would you have done it?” His question surprises me. “You mean how would I have killed you?”“Yes. Do you have a favorite method for such things?” Since he knows I am an assassin, there is no need to be coy. “I prefer a garrote. I like the intimacy it allows me when I whisper reminders of vengeance in their ears as they die. But in your case, I had sharpened my favorite knife especially for the occasion.” His brows quirk up. “Why no garrote for…
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Appears in: LAT, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 21 times in crossword archives (1948–2018).