Garrotte

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  garrotte
       n : an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation
           [syn: {garrote}, {garotte}, {iron collar}]
       v : strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during
           the Inquisition in Spain" [syn: {garrote}, {garotte}, {scrag}]