garrotte vs lop

garrotte

verb
  • To execute by strangulation. 

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

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

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

lop

verb
  • To allow to hang down. 

  • To hang downward; to be pendent; to lean to one side. 

  • To cut off as the top or extreme part of anything, especially to prune a small limb off a shrub or tree, or sometimes to behead someone. 

noun
  • That which is lopped from anything, such as branches from a tree. 

  • Any of several breeds of rabbits whose ears lie flat. 

  • A flea. 

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