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to guillotine

to guillotine

6.6
To cut paper or metal with a large straight blade
  • verb
  • /ˈɡɪləˌtiːn/
translation icon : cortar con guillotina
  • The chef will guillotine the vegetables to ensure even cooking.

Examples

  • Put a snare around that polyp and basically guillotine it off.

  • And that's because exactly of this closes down and it guillotines the cable.

  • To prepare the sheets for printing, they will guillotine the edges for a clean finish.

  • He skillfully guillotined the paper for precise straight edges.

How Severe

to guillotine
6.6
to sever
100 5.6
cut
1.0
to slice
203 1.0
to nick
33 3.5

Surface Forms

guillotine infinitive
guillotined past
guillotined past participle
guillotining present participle
guillotines third person singular

Etymology

Guillotine for cutting paper or metal comes from the same device named after Guillotin, and to guillotine something is to 'cut it cleanly' with a heavy, falling blade like that machine.