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guillotine

🇬🇧 UK/'gilәti:n/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A device used for execution by beheading, with a heavy blade dropped between two vertical posts.

断头台；切纸机

v.

To execute or cut using a guillotine.

用断头台斩首；用切割机切断

🧩 Root Breakdown

Eponym
guillotineother
=guillotine

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The French Revolution popularized the use of the guillotine as an execution method.

  • 2.

    Many nobles were guillotined during the Reign of Terror in France.

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