guillotine
Example Sentences
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"I am on a four-year walk to the guillotine," says another, anticipating defeat at the next general election.
From BBC
He provided the testimony that led to a series of arrests—then interrogations and torture, followed in most cases by a final march to the gallows, firing squad or guillotine.
The Sept. 1 protest had “little to no energy,” according to an internal Portland police summary, before federal officers dispersed the crowd to collect a prop guillotine that had been brought.
From Salon
Stripping a prince of his title has a whiff of the guillotine, a swift transforming blow.
“It’s not like the guillotine is coming out,” said Roberts, the retired banker, who spoke via Zoom from a vacation in Paris.
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