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to guillotine

to guillotine

1 8.9
To kill someone by dropping a heavy angled blade on their neck
  • verb
  • /ˈɡɪləˌtiːn/
  • NSFW
translation icon : guillotinar
  • - They guillotined my husband.
  • guillotine her head
  • guillotine a king
  • guillotine the French

And it was equally radical as Beddoes voted to spare the the King, though that nearly got him guillotined as a as a consequence.

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Examples

  • 25 The same day, "la femme Othon," accused of poisoning her husband, was guillotined in the public square of Caen.

    Academic text (1992)

  • "She bravely and consistently protested against the excesses of the Reign of Terror, and when she was guillotined in her turn, she famously remarked: "Oh Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name!"

    Academic text (2011)

  • King Louis... he was guillotined in a public execution six days ago.

    Goya's Ghosts (2006)

  • Marie Antoinette was guillotined for her excesses.

    Blog text (8)

  • The Rose of Versailles ends with Marie Antoinette guillotined.

    Academic text (2014)

  • During the revolution, many were guillotined for opposing the new government.

  • In that period of turmoil, the king was guillotined in front of a large crowd.

  • The historical accounts reveal that numerous nobles were guillotined for their loyalty to the monarchy.

Synonyms

to decapitate
vsto guillotine
  • Offensive
53 7.9

Cut off the head of a person or animal

is specifically an execution using a mechanical device
to behead
vsto guillotine
  • Offensive
50 7.4

Cut off the head of a person or animal to kill them

is execution using a specific device for head removal

Surface Forms

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

Etymology

Guillotine as a verb comes from the same French name Guillotin and means to execute someone by using that machine, that is, to 'cut off the head' with the blade.