Definition of Guillotine
a machine with a sliding, metal blade that was used to behead people
Examples of Guillotine in a sentence
Beheaded by a sharp guillotine, Marie Antionette was formerly the queen of France. 🔊
The committee was guilty of executing hundreds using bladed guillotine during the nation’s early days. 🔊
An execution machine called the guillotine was equipped with a sliding metal blade that chopped the head off its victims. 🔊
Surprisingly, quick beheadings using a guillotine replaced less humane methods of decapitation such as axe murders. 🔊
Children in 16th century France were often allowed to play with a tiny version of a guillotine and used it to chop of their doll’s heads. 🔊
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