GUILLOTINE


Meaning of GUILLOTINE in English

vt to behead with the guillotine.

2. guillotine ·noun any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine.

3. guillotine ·noun 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.

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