guillotines

present tense third-person singular of guillotine
as in heads
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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  • The film begins release in New York tomorrow, October 15, then heads to Los Angeles on October 17 with a national rollout to follow.
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  • Memphis heads to Alabama, and USC at Texas Tech rounds out the field.
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  • As king, Shakespeare’s Macbeth meets a tragic end when civil war erupts and his rival Macduff beheads him.
    Marlene L. Daut September 22, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Guillotines.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotines. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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