transcription, транскрипция: [ gɪləti:n ]
( guillotines, guillotining, guillotined)
1.
A guillotine is a device used to execute people, especially in France in the past. A sharp blade was raised up on a frame and dropped onto the person’s neck.
One after the other Danton, Robespierre and the rest went to the guillotine.
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2.
If someone is guillotined , they are killed with a guillotine.
After Marie Antoinette was guillotined, her lips moved in an attempt to speak.
VERB : usu passive , be V-ed
3.
A guillotine is a device used for cutting paper.
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