Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guillotine
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Located only some 25 light years away, Mu Cas A is headed towards us along our line of sight at a clip of some 97 km per second.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025 -
The women are also now among 52 others who have previously boarded Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle to head more than 60 miles high for a few minutes of weightlessness and spectacular views of Earth.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2025
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The real-life Cromwell was beheaded in 1540 on orders from Henry VIII.—
Sean Piccoli,
Deadline,
5 Apr. 2025
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Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her.—
Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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But when the staffer returned 15 minutes later, according to Campbell, the carcass had been decapitated.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2025
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Later that day, a park staff member discovered someone had decapitated the deceased sea lion, NOAA wrote in a news release posted Tuesday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Guillotine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotine. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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