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Definition
a device used to behead people who are to be executed by the state (most associated with the French Revolution); or executing someone in such a manner
- The outer rim of the clearing was littered with extra logs and construction equipment—an earthmover; a big crane thing with rotating blades at the end like an electric shaver—must be a tree harvester, Leo thought—and a long metal column with an ax blade, like a sideways guillotine—a hydraulic ax.Chapter 41 (63% in)
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