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the guillotine in British Englisha. a device for beheading persons, consisting of a weighted blade set between two upright posts b. execution by this instrument See full dictionary entry for guillotineExamples of 'the guillotine' in a sentencethe guillotine Prison, or maybe a labour camp... But treason... treason's the guillotine.It was final proof that the guillotine had fallen on fancy neckwear.He went to the guillotine, switching places with a man he physically resembled.Praise is as lethal as the guillotine in these circumstances.It ends with a scene at the guillotine.Then it switched sides and supplied the sans-culottes, thus avoiding the guillotine.No prison but the guillotine for our enemies.Plenty of candidates for the guillotine, methinks.Lots of swishing brocade but little substance - the critics called for the guillotine.She's also the reason the guillotine was invented. |