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Recent Examples of Synonyms for guillotine
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Her character Dani Dupree is the youngest of two sisters in the esteemed and affluent Dupree family, headed by patriarch Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis), mother Anita Dupree (Tamara Tunie) and sister Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnée Duplaix).—
Charmaine Patterson,
People.com,
27 Feb. 2025 -
Slater's nomination now heads to the full Senate for a vote.—
Mackenzie Weinger,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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On February 8, 1587, the executioner’s ax struck three times, beheading Mary, Queen of Scots.—
Sarah Holzmann,
Smithsonian Magazine,
8 Feb. 2025
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Some have been beheaded with sledgehammers, others completely torn down.—
Vivian Jones,
The Tennessean,
17 Aug. 2024
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Lynne Ladner, the town manager of Ocean Ridge, told CBS affiliate WPEC that the man was pulled into the wood chipper up to his shoulders and was decapitated.—
Kierra Frazier,
CBS News,
29 Jan. 2025
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She was born in Louisville, Ky., the daughter of a man with schizophrenia who, in 1983, decapitated a 76-year-old woman.—
Eric Jason Martin Krish Seenivasan Aaron Esposito Quinton Kamara,
New York Times,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Guillotine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guillotine. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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