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guil·lo·tine
 guillotine
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- pronunciation:
- gI
l
tin
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gi
tin
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Word History, Word Explorer
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noun |
| definition: |
a device having a sharp blade that is dropped vertically between two guide posts in order to sever the head of the condemned person underneath.
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adjective + (n.)guillotine
est, french, miniature, revolutionary, slow, very, visual, wooden
verb + (n.)guillotine
approach, behead, construct, decapitate, denounce, die, execute, feed, fire, hang, roll, send, sever, sharpen, slice, spawn
noun + (n.)guillotine
aristocrat,
basket,
blade,
bread,
cash,
chair,
choke,
date,
decapitation,
device,
execution,
executioner,
hawk,
head,
horror,
motion,
neck,
operator,
opponent,
portrait,
purge,
reality,
representation,
restoration,
scandal,
shadow,
sound,
spectacle,
squad,
terror,
threat,
victim,
window,
worm,
writing
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
guillotines, guillotining, guillotined |
| definition: |
to sever the head of (someone) with a guillotine.
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| related words: |
behead |
(v.)guillotine
+ noun
nazism, oil, postcard, reign, treason, usurper
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In 1789, a French physician, Joseph Guillotin, came up with a new means of execution. The first guillotine was built two years later. It was used to execute many people during the French Revolution (1789-1799).
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