Strangled vs Garroted - What's the difference?
strangled | garroted |
(strangle)
To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.
To stifle or suppress an action.
To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.
To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.
* Shakespeare
(garrote)
an iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation
* 2004: , Character: Profiles in Presidential Courage
something, especially a cord or wire, used for strangulation
to execute by strangulation
to kill using a garrote
As verbs the difference between strangled and garroted
is that strangled is past tense of strangle while garroted is past tense of garrote.strangled
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Verb
(head)strangle
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Verb
(strangl)- He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.
- She strangled a scream.
- The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.
- Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
See also
* asphyxiate * choke * querk * suffocate * throttleExternal links
* * *garroted
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Verb
(head)garrote
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(wikipedia garrote)Alternative forms
* garrotte (UK)Noun
(en noun)- The Spanish had responded to the insurgency with characteristic brutality. They gave rebels the "usual four shots in the back" or the garrote - an iron collar tightened around the victim's neck with a screw until he was strangled to death.
- The mob boss was known for having his enemies executed with a garrote of piano wire.