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Meaning of 'guillotine' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Guillotine [ n.]
- A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.
- Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.
2 . Guillotine [ v. t.]
- To behead with the guillotine.

Meaning of 'guillotine' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . guillotine [ v]
Meaning (1):
- kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
Example in sentence:
  • The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country

Nearby Words:

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