Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for guillotine
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Travelers headed for destinations in southern Nicaragua like San Juan del Sur and the Emerald Coast may also consider flying into nearby Daniel Oduber Quirós International Airport (LIR) in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica.—
Carley Rojas Avila,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Mar. 2025 -
The team that started 2-4 in Big 12 play has now won 11 of 12 games and is one of the hottest teams in college basketball heading into a third-round matchup in Newark, N.J., with the winner of Alabama-Saint Mary’s.—
Sam Blum,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Six weeks later, on July 28, Cromwell was beheaded on Tower Hill.—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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Jane, who may have been as young as 16, is shown blindfolded as an executioner with an axe waits to behead her.—
Pan Pylas,
Chicago Tribune,
9 Mar. 2025
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Her only ally is a mystical axe whose victims wind up as decapitated, talking heads.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Later that day, a park staff member discovered someone had decapitated the deceased sea lion, NOAA wrote in a news release posted Tuesday.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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“Guillotine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotine. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.
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