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Guillotine

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.

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Behead 76% connected

To sever the head from; to take off the head of.

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Closure 76% connected

The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

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Cloture 76% connected

See Closure, 5.

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Decapitate 76% connected

To cut off the head of; to behead.

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Decollate 76% connected

To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.

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