guillotine

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of GUILLOTINE

to cut off the head of <French Revolutionary forces captured and guillotined countless aristocrats in the chaotic period following the downfall of the monarchy>

Synonyms behead, guillotine, head

Related Words decollate; prune, shorten, trim; scalp

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