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nounclosure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
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nouninstrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading peopletype of:
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"The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"verbkill by cutting the head off with a guillotinetype of:
Definition that contains guillotine
- guillotine kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
- danton French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
- tumbrel a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
- du barry courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
- marie jeanne becu courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
- georges jacques danton French revolutionary leader who stormed the Paris bastille and who supported the execution of Louis XVI but was guillotined by Robespierre for his opposition to the Reign of Terror (1759-1794)
- tumbril a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
- louis xvi king of France from 1774 to 1792; his failure to grant reforms led to the French Revolution; he and his queen (Marie Antoinette) were guillotined (1754-1793)
- comtesse du barry courtier and influential mistress of Louis XV who was guillotined during the French Revolution (1743-1793)
- marie antoinette queen of France (as wife of Louis XVI) who was unpopular; her extravagance and opposition to reform contributed to the overthrow of the monarchy; she was guillotined along with her husband (1755-1793)