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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guillotine
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During the meeting, McMahon announced some of the offices that were moving, and where they were headed.—
Zach Helfand,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026 -
Meanwhile, the skipper and the rest of the crew work frantically to put the ship about and head back to recover the person.—
David Szondy
April 19,
New Atlas,
19 Apr. 2026
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Here’s another, similarly beheaded, on Seventh Avenue near 30th Street.—
Christopher Bonanos,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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Several of the women pleaded to be beheaded before the fire was lit and were granted this mercy.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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Williams also said that Rivas was not frozen and was not decapitated as previously reported by local media.—
Nicole Acosta,
PEOPLE,
17 Apr. 2026
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Taylor was decapitated and her arms were severed from her torso, possibly in an attempt to hide her identity, according to court documents.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Guillotine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotine. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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