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guillotine

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Definition of guillotine

as in to head

to cut off the head of French Revolutionary forces captured and guillotined countless aristocrats in the chaotic period following the downfall of the monarchy

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His coronation signaled where the genre was headed—away from the pleading old-guard types and toward a more fluid, hardcore hip-hop hybrid.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
Later in the day, Obama is headed to Detroit to campaign with Democrat Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed, who is embroiled in a tight campaign against GOP candidate Mike Rogers.

— Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 24 Oct. 2026

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For example, Salvatore Ramos, who in 2022 killed 19 kids and 2 teachers in Uvalde Texas, boasted on line about torturing animals, even going so far as to share videos of himself beheading animals.

— Diana Urban, Hartford Courant, 27 Oct. 2026
The man accused of using a sledgehammer to behead a Marine figure on an Iwo Jima monument near Quantico, Virginia, was granted bond Monday morning.

— Sophia Compton , Jake Gibson, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

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