How to pronounce “guillotine”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (historical, also figuratively) A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
• (by extension)
• [Verb]
• To use a guillotine (on someone or something).
• (law, politics, informal)

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