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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  • With the game tied 1-1 heading into the final nine minutes, Vasilevskiy fought off Lane Hutson’s wrister from the top of the left circle with his blocker, sending the puck high in the air and hard off the end boards.
    Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 May 2026
  • Afterward, Lampley and the band’s saxophonist, Louis Fouché, headed to an Italian restaurant.
    Mark Yarm, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
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  • Four Haitian women who were deported from the United States in February were found beheaded and dumped in a river several months later, lawyers said in court documents.
    Lindsay Whitehurst, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Here’s another, similarly beheaded, on Seventh Avenue near 30th Street.
    Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2026
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  • The terrorist group has been largely decapitated and is unable to wage meaningful counter-warfare against Israel and its allies, but is believed to still boast significant caches of weaponry that could threaten the long-term peace of the future Palestine.
    Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 8 May 2026
  • The driver of a bakery truck that got clipped by a United Airlines plane while driving on the New Jersey Turnpike believed he would be decapitated moments before the collision, his father revealed in a Tuesday news conference.
    Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 6 May 2026
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“Guillotine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotine. Accessed 10 May. 2026.

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