1) Bad cure for headaches 2) Blade weapon 3) Bourbon cutter 4) Closure 5) Closure by compartment 6) Cloture 7) Decapitate 8) Dedicated deck card game 9) Execute 10) French invention 11) French word used in English 12) Gag law 13) Gag rule 14) Magic trick 15) Paper-cutting device 16) Used for beheading people
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1) Behead 2) Ending machine
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A mechanical device for carrying out executions by removing the head quickly and cleanly. Similar devices had been used in Europe since the 14th century; its name derived from a 1789 recommendation to the National Assembly, given by Doctor Joseph Guillotin.
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A choke a competitor executes by positioning himself in front of his opponent, wrapping his arm around the top of the opponent’s neck and under the chin, and applying pressure on the neck and throat. The guillotine can place a lot of pressure on the neck as well as render an opponent unconscious.
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• (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 in its action a guillotine.Guillotine: words in the...
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A device equipped with explosive blades used to cut cables, water lines, wires, etc. during separation of spacecraft modules.
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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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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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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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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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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 French physician, who proposed, in the Constituent...
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(ge´o-tēn) a surgical instrument with a sliding blade for excising a tonsil or the uvula.
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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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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 called at first Louison or Louisette
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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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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.) that is like a guillotine in its action. The word '...
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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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A choke a competitor executes by positioning himself in front of his opponent, wrapping his arm around the top of the opponent’s neck and under the chin, and applying pressure on the neck and throat. The guillotine can place a lot of pressure on the neck as well as render an opponent unconscious.
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A form of choke. This submission can be a vascular or tracheal choke in which the attacker typically wraps their arms around the defender’s neck (with both opponents facing each other but with the defender downward facing). The attacker will then sink in the choke by wrapping their legs around the defender and then contract their arm and chest mu...
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a procedure which sets time limits on the passage of a bill or motion
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noun instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
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A type of tape splicer which uses unperforated splicing tape
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(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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(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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Any hold that impairs the flow of blood or oxygen to the brain. There are many chokes including the rear naked choke, the guillotine, and the triangle choke
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