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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
P. G. Wodehouse

Meaning of "the guillotine" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF THE GUILLOTINE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE THE GUILLOTINE

the grape
the grave
the Great Bear
the Great Dog
the Great Glen
the Great Leap Forward
the Great Rebellion
the Great Trek
the great unwashed
the Greater Antilles
the greatest
the green-eyed monster
the Grenadines
the Greys
the grid
the grim reaper
the grove of Academe
the Gulf
the Gulf States
the gutter

WORDS THAT END LIKE THE GUILLOTINE

argentine
Augustine
barbotine
Byzantine
Constantine
guillotine
intestine
libertine
narcotine
nicotine
Palestine
pristine
pyrrhotine
routine
serotine
serpentine
Stine
tine
tricotine
valentine

Synonyms and antonyms of the guillotine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «the guillotine» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF THE GUILLOTINE

Find out the translation of the guillotine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of the guillotine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «the guillotine» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

断头台
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

la guillotina
570 millions of speakers

English

the guillotine
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गिलोटिन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المقصلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

гильотина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

a guilhotina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গিলোটিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

la guillotine
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Guillotine
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

die Guillotine
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ギロチン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단두대
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing guillotine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

máy chém
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குய்ல்லோடைன்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गिलोटिन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Giyotin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

la ghigliottina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gilotyna
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

гільйотина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ghilotina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

η γκιλοτίνα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

die guillotine
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

giljotinen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

giljotinen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of the guillotine

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «THE GUILLOTINE»

The term «the guillotine» is regularly used and occupies the 94.502 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «THE GUILLOTINE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about the guillotine

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2 QUOTES WITH «THE GUILLOTINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word the guillotine.
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Herbert Lom
The guillotine was most effective and used until fairly recently.
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P. G. Wodehouse
There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE GUILLOTINE»

Discover the use of the guillotine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to the guillotine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Robespierre: Master of the Guillotine
Recounts the life of Maximilien Robespierre, including his childhood, his participation in the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, and his execution.
John DiConsiglio, 2009
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When the Guillotine Fell: The Bloody Beginning and ...
And the guillotine was as indiscriminating as it was relentless. Among the twenty- four people guillotined in Nantes on December 17, 1793, were two boys aged fourteen and thirteen. The holy weren't exempt: in July 1794, sixteen Carmelite ...
Jeremy Mercer, 2008
3
Execution: The Guillotine, the Pendulum, the Thousand Cuts, ...
Execution is a unique fascinating look at the grim and gritty history of sanctioned death.
Geoffrey Abbott, 2006
4
Blade of the Guillotine
The reader journeys back in time to late-eighteenth-century France and becomes caught up in the turmoil and tragedy of the French Revolution.
Arthur Byron Cover, 1986
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The Guillotine at Work: The Leninist Counter-revolution
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Gregory Petrovich Maximoff, 1979
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Dance in the shadow of the guillotine
Judith Chazin-Bennahum reveals how the cold, stylized dance movements and weighted ornamental costumes of the 18th-century court ballets developed into the ballet of the Romantic movement, where dancers wore lightweight costumes that ...
Judith Chazin-Bennahum, 1988
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The Guillotine Squad
Villa decided that he could not entirely do without the help of the guillotine, and he assigned it different functions, which will be mentioned later. Time would tell if the guillotine could once more become the preferred method of execution.
Guillermo Arriaga, 2007
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In the Shadow of the Guillotine
J. B. Neale. Then suddenly Charlotte gasped; avoiding the dictator's eye, she had turned a little towards the window. Sam followed her terrified eyes. In the courtyard outside the shroud on the object had been removed — to reveal a shiny ...
J. B. Neale, 2008
9
The French Revolution: A History
'The Guillotine goes not ill, La Guillotine ne va pas maV CHAPTER III DESTRUCTION The suspect may well tremble ; but how much more the open rebels ; — the Girondin Cities of the South ! Revolutionary Army is gone forth, under Ronsin ...
Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, 1837
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Quality Management for the Technology Sector
Let us return to Peter O'Brien and the guillotine challenge he faces. In that situation, O'Brien is confronted with several potential variables, all of which affect the guillotine's ability to cut and clamp the hose. O'Brien has to determine which of the ...
Joseph Berk, Susan Berk, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE GUILLOTINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term the guillotine is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Pirates Of The Caribbean': The Guillotine For Captain Jack Sparrow?
A new leaked video from the set of “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales” shows an execution scene, including a guillotine. The shooting continues ... «International Business Times, Jun 15»
2
8 Things You May Not Know About the Guillotine
Over some 200 years of use, the guillotine claimed the heads of tens of thousands of victims ranging from common criminals to revolutionaries, aristocrats and ... «History, Sep 14»
3
Guillotine, firing squads better than lethal injection, says prominent …
The guillotine is probably best but seems inconsistent with our national ethos. And the electric chair, hanging and the gas chamber are each subject to ... «Washington Post, Jul 14»
4
Nuns Face the Guillotine in Bold Telling of Dialogues of the Carmelites
In the OTSL's production, the marvelous soprano Kelly Kaduce plays the opera's central character, Blanche de la Force, a deeply fearful noblewoman whose ... «Riverfront Times, Jun 14»
5
KEENE: Free speech on the guillotine
Liberal progressives have in recent years all but abandoned the American belief in free speech and the First Amendment in favor of shutting down those with ... «Washington Times, Jun 14»
6
Kafka and the Guillotine
As Mike Hashimoto of the Dallas Morning News points out, it is difficult to feel very much sympathy for the men who killed 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman — who ... «National Review Online, May 14»
7
On the death penalty: Bring back the firing squad, the guillotine, and …
This week, the state of Oklahoma put a man named Clayton Lockett to death, after months of legal wrangling. As you may have heard, it did not go well. «The Week Magazine, May 14»
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8 Surprising Historical Facts That Will Change Your Concept Of …
The last time the guillotine was used as a form of execution in France was in 1977. The guillotine lasted for about two centuries. The first "Star Wars" film was ... «Huffington Post, Feb 14»
9
Top 50 Global Financial Firms - Trust (TR) Or The Guillotine (FT)?
Whatever happened, I sometimes wonder, to Robespierre's guillotine?” Thomson Reuters found a more benign view of bankers. David Craig, president for ... «Forbes, Jan 14»
10
How the Nazis slaughtered 16000 people by guillotine: Found in a …
Today, we associate the guillotine with the brutality of the French Revolution, when 16,549 men and women were executed by the device. However, the Nazis ... «Daily Mail, Jan 14»

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