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guillotine

verb as in decapitate

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Gurlek, a former deputy justice minister under Erdogan, has been accused by the opposition of acting as a "mobile guillotine" for the president in targeting his opponents in Istanbul.

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The American, 32, out-grappled Edwards throughout before ending the contest with a guillotine choke.

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She was guillotined in 1793 at the age of 37, along with her husband, at the height of the French Revolution.

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The last queen of France was guillotined in 1793 at the age of 37, along with her husband at the height of the French Revolution.

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After drying during a series of slow corkscrews, the new magazine’s edges were chopped smooth by guillotines and emerged through an opening.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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