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Definitions of guillotine in various dictionaries:
noun - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
noun - instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles
verb - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
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| In the 1790s France recaptured Guadeloupe & introduced this bloody device there |
| The last public execution by this method took place on June 17, 1939 in Versailles, France |
| Charlotte Corday,1793 |
| Officially in use in France in 1792, this device was named for a member of the revolutionary assembly |
| Don't lose your head: this French device shares its name with an instrument for surgically removing tonsils |
| "Dialogues Des Carmelites" ends in 1790s Paris, so it's no surprise when much of the cast is killed with this device |
| In the late 1700s a French doctor proposed a mechanical device for lopping off heads & voila -- this was named for him |
| A tumbrel, a farm tipcart used to haul manure, was used to haul people to this during the French Revolution |
| The last of Andre Chenier's moving poems "Iambes" date from just before his death by this in July 1794 |
| Don't lose your head trying to name this execution device named after a French doctor |
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| a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. |
| A machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people. |
| Execute (someone) by guillotine. |
| instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles used for beheading people |
| closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill |
| kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine |
| A device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead the victim below. |
| An instrument, such as a paper cutter, similar in action to a guillotine. |
| To behead with a guillotine. |
| To cut with or as if with a guillotine. |
| Guillotine description |
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A guillotine (; French: [ijtin]) is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame in which a weighted and angled blade is raised to the top and suspended. The condemned person is secured with stocks at the bottom of the frame, positioning the neck directly below the blade. The blade is then released, to quickly fall and forcefully decapitate the victim with a single, clean pass so that the head falls into a basket below. * The device is best known for its use in France, in particular during the French Revolution, where it was celebrated as the people's avenger by supporters of the revolution and vilified as the pre-eminent symbol of the Reign of Terror by opponents. The name dates from this period, but similar devices had been used elsewhere in Europe over several centuries. The display of severed heads had long been one of the most common ways a European sovereign displayed his power to his subjects.The guillotin |