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guillotine

[gil-uh-teen, gee-uh-, gil-uh-teen, gee-uh-] / ˈgɪl əˌtin, ˈgi ə-, ˌgɪl əˈtin, ˌgi ə- /
VERB
decapitate
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It’s a roster that includes the Hoan Bagel Guillotine, the Stanley tumbler and Carhartt beanies, to name just three.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2024

Wendy Eager, who edited a fanzine called Guillotine, tells Rettman that she found the new scene less hospitable than the old one, which, for all its vexations, had felt like home to her.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 2, 2015

Margaret On The Guillotine, a song on Morrissey's debut solo album Viva Hate, prompted Special Branch to question the singer about whether he might pose a security threat to Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.

From BBC • Oct. 17, 2013

They don't quite sustain the pace thereafter, but then it could be reasonably argued that everything you ever needed to know about Death Grips was contained in Guillotine.

From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2012

At the great gate of the Tuileries, between the two marble horses of Coustou, was a caf�-restaurant, painted a lively red, and which bore the sign: "� la Guillotine."

From Paris from the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 1 by Walton, William




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