garrotte vs harden

garrotte

verb
  • To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob. 

  • To execute by strangulation. 

noun
  • A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation. 

  • An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation. 

harden

verb
  • To become or make (a person or thing) resistant or less sensitive. 

  • To become or make (a consonant) more fortis; to (cause to) undergo fortition. 

  • To strengthen. 

  • To make something hard or harder (tough, resistant to pressure). 

  • To modify (a website or other system) to make it resistant to malicious attacks. 

  • To unpalatalize or velarize. 

  • To become hard (tough, resistant to pressure). 

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