guillotine
To use a guillotineTo use a guillotine (on someone or something).: To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
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Meaning
5 sensesTo use a guillotine (on someone or something).
(also, figuratively, transitive)To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
Many counterrevolutionaries were guillotined during the French Revolution.
guillotinieren
казни́ть на гильоти́неkaznítʹ na gilʹotíne, гильотини́роватьgilʹotinírovatʹ
kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
(transitive)To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
(UK, informal, transitive)To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
(US, informal, transitive)To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
(figuratively, transitive)To end anything abruptly.
Examples
20 sentencesWho invented the guillotine?
ruКто изобрёл гильотину? — Wezel
What's a guillotine?
ruЧто такое гильотина? — marafon
He was condemned to the guillotine.
Is the guillotine still used by certain countries?
ruГильотина ещё используется в каких-нибудь странах? — whatnot
This window is a guillotine, I'm telling you.
Це вікно — це гільйотина, я тобі кажу. — deniko
ruЭто окно — это гильотина, я тебе говорю. — Balamax
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French guillotiner (“to execute with a guillotine, to guillotine”), from guiBorrowed from French guillotiner (“to execute with a guillotine, to guillotine”), from guillotine (see etymology 1) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).
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Forms
guillotines, guillotining, guillotined, guillotined| Base form | guillotine · to guillotine |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | guillotines |
| Present participle | guillotining |
| Past simple | guillotined |
| Past participle | guillotined |
regular · Lesson
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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