strangle with an iron collar - people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain • Syn: garrote, garotte, scrag • Derivationally related forms: garotte (for: garotte), garrotter, garroter (for: garrote) • Hypernyms: strangle, strangulate, throttle • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s somebody - Something ----s somebody - They want to garrotte the prisoners