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guillotining

verb

present participle of guillotine

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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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New restaurants are opening in the Sacramento region this fall, from a downtown Vietnamese kitchen to a Southern California coffee chain heading to Folsom.

— Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 26 Oct. 2026
What’s happening Yardzen’s report flags the Party Patio as one of eight dominant directions heading into next year.

— Lauren Schuster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2026

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When their younger son told them Daniel was watching beheading videos online, the Fischers hit their breaking point.

— Jeff Winter, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026
Images often associated with barbarism on screen, like beheading the dead to memorialize them, are approached with an uncanny gentleness.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 Sep. 2026

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An Alabama man is accused of decapitating two family members with a chainsaw after a relative called 911 about his behavior.

— Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026
Prosecutors said boater Richard Stevenson, of Lisle, was intoxicated and traveling at about 80 mph in July on the river when his pontoon hit a boat carrying Magdalena Jablonska of Des Plaines, decapitating her, authorities said.

— Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 7 Sep. 2026

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The younger Bolsonaro's other proposals include trimming the size of the Brazilian state to boost economic growth.

— Carrie Kahn, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026
But new technologies are opening the door to transition a portion of the inputs from petrochemicals to plants, trimming the environmental impact of these fibers.

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