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garrotte

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
garrotte /gəˈrɒt/ (also garotte; US garrote)

▶verb kill by strangulation, especially with a length of wire or cord. ▶noun a wire, cord, etc. used for garrotting.

– origin C17: via Fr. from Sp. garrote ‘a cudgel, a garrotte’, perh. of Celtic origin.

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