guillotine
noun
a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
guillotined
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past participleof guillotine.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof guillotine.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
guillotinenouna device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
Example Sentences
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Because of this mediocre king, who clung so desperately to the fantasies of absolutism that he was later overthrown and guillotined by his own people, the American experiment with republican government was able to commence.
From Slate ● May 30, 2025
The last queen of France was guillotined in 1793 at the age of 37, along with her husband at the height of the French Revolution.
From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2024
The French have maintained a love-hate relationship with kings ever since they guillotined King Louis XVI in 1793.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 23, 2023
Soon after Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were guillotined in France, the revolutionary government abolished slavery in 1794, not just in Saint-Domingue but in all French colonies.
From New York Times ● May 20, 2022
That was Rahel being Sydney Carton being Charles Darnay, as he stood on the steps, waiting to be guillotined, in the Classics Illustrated comic’s version of A Tale of Two Cities.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
