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Definition of guillotine:
Synonyms:
blowtorch, kill, awl, death warrant, bit, bump off, closure by compartment, murder, applicator, the death penalty, behead, assassinate, adjustable wrench, Allen wrench, execute, capital punishment, box end wrench, the chair, exterminate, strangle, bradawl, take someone's life, dispatch, head, blowlamp, bellows, crucifixion, death row, slaughter, massacre, death sentence.
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punishment device (part of speech: noun)
- rod,
- solitary confinement,
- ax,
- stake,
- rack,
- truncheon,
- jail,
- gibbet,
- bull whip,
- maiden,
- rope,
- lash,
- pillory,
- prison,
- thumbscrew,
- switch,
- noose,
- electric chair,
- whipping post,
- whip,
- iron,
- birch rod,
- torture chamber,
- block,
- captivity,
- cane,
- thong,
- rawhide,
- strap,
- gas chamber,
- gallows,
- scaffold,
- cowhide,
- stocks
Usage examples:
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From the boulevard Arago, from the end to which the crowd had been driven back, cheers and applause and joyous shouts broke out; it was the mob welcoming the arrival of the guillotine.
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Aware that between suspicion and the guillotine there were but few hours of existence, I contrived to get on board of an Italian brig that had put in from stress of weather, and made my escape.
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I do not believe I should have cared if a guillotine had been set up in Piccadilly Circus and a regular reign of terror established.