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1. Guillotine
   [British India album] Guillotine is the debut studio album by Australian indie rock band British India, released on 30 June 2007. It reached #4 on the AIR Charts July 2007 and was selected as Triple J`s Feature Album in that month and was also nominated for the 2007 J Awards. Also that year ...
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2. Guillotine
   [magic trick] The Guillotine is a magic trick where it appears that a blade of a guillotine passes through a person`s neck without harming him/her. ==History== The Guillotine is probably the most famous member of a family of illusions featuring the apparent decapitation of a person or other ...
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3. guillotine
   [n] - instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles 2. [v] - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
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4. guillotine
   In politics, a device used by UK governments in which the time allowed for debating a bill in the House of Commons is restricted so as to ensure its speedy passage to receiving the royal assent...
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5. guillotine
   Beheading device consisting of a metal blade that descends between two posts. It was common in the Middle Ages and was introduced to France in 1791 by physician Joseph Ignace Guillotin...
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6. Guillotine
   A machine used to trim stacks of paper, which works like the original French guillotine worked. A cutting blade moves between two upright guides and slices the paper uniformly as it moves downward. See also trimming, trim size.
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7. Guillotine
   Guillotine: A machine used during (and after) the French Revolution for beheading people condemned to death, by means of a heavy sharp blade that slid down within vertical guides. By extension, 'guillotine' refers to any shearing machine or instrument (such as a paper cutter, a book trimmer, etc.) t...
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8. guillotine
   a special form of clipper used in veneer production,designed to cut a pack of veneers Category: Various industries and crafts • a machine equipped with a long heavy removable knife for trimming paper with a downward slicing action. Category: Printing and publishing
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9. Guillotine
   Guil'lo·tine` (gĭl'lo*tēn`) noun [ French, from Guillotin , a French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent Assembly of 1789, to abolish decapitation with the ax or sword. The instrument was invented by Dr. Antoine Louis, and was ...
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10. Guillotine
    Guil'lo·tine` (gĭl`lo*tēn') transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Guillotined ; present participle & verbal noun Guillotining .] [ Confer French guillotiner .] To behead with the guillotine.
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11. guillotine
    1. A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. ... 2. Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling in its action a guillotine. ... Origin: F, from Guillotin, a ...
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12. guillotine
    noun instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
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13. guillotine
    verb kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; `The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country`
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14. guillotine
    (ge´o-tēn) a surgical instrument with a sliding blade for excising a tonsil or the uvula.
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15. Guillotine
    • (v. t.) To behead with the guillotine. • (n.) A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim. • (n.) Any machine or instrument for cutting or shearing, resembling i...
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16. guillotine
    instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France in 1792 during the Revolution. It consists of two upright posts ... [1 related articles]
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17. Guillotine
    [disambiguation] A guillotine is a device for carrying out executions by decapitation, named after Joseph-Ignace Guillotin Guillotine may also refer to: == Albums == == Cutting devices == ...
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18. Guillotine
    [game] File:Guillotine game box.jpg|Game box Guillotine is a card game created by Wizards of the Coast and designed by Paul Peterson. The game is set during the French Revolution, and was released on Bastille Day in 1998. The goal is to collect the heads of Nobles, accumulating points. Despi...
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19. Guillotine
    The guillotine (ˈɡɪlətiːn or /ˈɡiː.ətiːn/; lang) is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope, and the condemned then places his or her head beneath it. The blad...
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20. Guillotine
    A type of tape splicer which uses unperforated splicing tape
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21. Guillotine
    The guillotine is an engine for beheading people at one stroke. It was invented during the Middle Ages, and adopted with improvements by the National Assembly of France during the first revolution on the proposal of a Dr Joseph Guillotine who proposed its use to prevent unnecessary pain, and after whom it is named.
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22. guillotine
    Type: Term Pronunciation: gil′ŏ-tēn, gē′ō-tēn Definitions: 1. An instrument in the shape of a metal ring through which runs a sliding knifeblade, used in excising a tonsil.
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23. guillotine
    (capital punishment) Beheading device consisting of a metal blade that descends between two posts. It was common in the Middle Ages and was introduced to France in 1791 by physician Joseph Ignace Guillotin (1738–1814), who recommended the use of the guillotine for all sentences of death. ...
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24. guillotine
    (politics) In politics, a device used by UK governments in which the time allowed for debating a bill in the House of Commons is restricted so as to ensure its speedy passage to receiving the royal assent (that is, to becoming law). The tactic of guillotining was introduced during the 1880s to...
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25. Guillotine
    [wrestling] The Guillotine, named after the decapitation device, is a move in amateur wrestling that is mostly taught in high schools. It is a pinning move that is deployed from upper referee position. It uses pain to force an opponent to go to their back. It is a combination of leg riding a...
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