Thesaurus results for GUILLOTINING

guillotining

verb

present participle of guillotine

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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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Kids heading back to school can now take a little bit of Savannah Bananas style with them into the classroom.

— Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
Voters across Connecticut are heading to the polls on Tuesday to vote for key primary races including governor and House seats.

— ABC NEWS, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

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Yordanis Cobos-Martinez, 37, was arrested in September 2025 in the beheading death of Chandra Nagamallaiah using a machete, Dallas police have said.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026
In the scene, massive logs strapped to a moving truck come undone and trigger multiple horrific deaths on a highway, with one log smashing through a state trooper’s car window and beheading him.

— Brian Anthony Hernandez, PEOPLE, 11 July 2026

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After decapitating the body, Kennedy tied the head to the top of the family's minivan with a bungee cord, making for a less-than-pleasant five-hour drive back home to Mount Kisco, New York, according to her recollection.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 26 May 2026
Trump took hostilities to a new level during his second term, launching strikes on land and at sea and ultimately decapitating the government.

— Joseph Konig, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

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Haskell's team is also staying high in quality and coupons, trimming lower-coupon exposures in favor of those that are upward of 5% that the firm thinks are better poised to handle periods of market uncertainty.

— Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2026
Cut the fennel bulbs into quarters, trimming just a bit of the core (leave enough to hold the layers together), then slice thin.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

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