guillotine
verb/ˈɡɪlətiːn/
/ˈɡɪlətiːn/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they guillotine | /ˈɡɪlətiːn/ /ˈɡɪlətiːn/ |
| he / she / it guillotines | /ˈɡɪlətiːnz/ /ˈɡɪlətiːnz/ |
| past simple guillotined | /ˈɡɪlətiːnd/ /ˈɡɪlətiːnd/ |
| past participle guillotined | /ˈɡɪlətiːnd/ /ˈɡɪlətiːnd/ |
| -ing form guillotining | /ˈɡɪlətiːnɪŋ/ /ˈɡɪlətiːnɪŋ/ |
- guillotine somebody to kill somebody by cutting off their head with a guillotine
- Thousands of aristocrats were guillotined during the French Revolution.
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- guillotine something (British English) to cut paper using a guillotine
- guillotine something (British English, politics) to limit the amount of time spent discussing a new law in Parliament
- to guillotine a bill
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from French, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), the French physician who recommended its use for executions in 1789.
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