Garroted

/ɡəˈroʊtɪd/ verb

Definition

Past tense of garrote; executed or killed by garroting.

Etymology

From garrote plus -ed, forming the past tense. The use of this word in English documents became more common as garroting cases appeared in crime reports and legal proceedings.

Kelly Says

Legal records from the 1800s show that garroting victims could sometimes be revived if found quickly enough, leading to early medical resuscitation attempts—tragic situations that accidentally advanced emergency medicine.

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