garrotte vs mortify

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. 

mortify

verb
  • To discipline (one's body, appetites etc.) by suppressing desires; to practise abstinence on. 

  • To embarrass, to humiliate. To injure one's dignity. 

  • To grant in mortmain. 

  • To lose vitality. 

  • To be subdued. 

  • To gangrene. 

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