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guillotined

 

Definitions from WordNet

Verb guillotine has 1 sense
  1. guillotine - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"
    --1 is one way to
    decapitate, behead
    Derived form: noun guillotine2
    Sample sentence:
    They want to guillotine the prisoners

Definitions from the Web

Guillotined

Description:

The term "guillotined" refers to the act of executing someone by means of the guillotine, a device used for carrying out capital punishment by decapitation. It can also refer to the action of reducing someone or something to complete defeat or destruction.

Examples:

  • The notorious criminal was guillotined in front of a large crowd.
  • During the French Revolution, thousands of people were guillotined.
  • The opposition team was guillotined by the superior performance of their rivals.

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