guillotine

Definition of guillotinenext
as in to head
to cut off the head of French Revolutionary forces captured and guillotined countless aristocrats in the chaotic period following the downfall of the monarchy

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  • Eight pages later, Leucippe has to fake her own beheading to escape from pirates.
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  • That video showed the same cat being decapitated by Martel, according to prosecutors.
    Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 23 June 2026
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“Guillotine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotine. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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