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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

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

He also wrote two novels alongside his acting career: Enter A Spy published in 1971 and Dr Guillotine in 1993.

From BBC • Sep. 27, 2012

It has often been stated that Dr Guillotine perished by the instrument which bears his name, but it is beyond question that he survived the Revolution and died a natural death in 1814.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various




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