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guillotine

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Crime & law , Newspapers, printing, publishing , Parliaments guillotineguil‧lo‧tine1 /ˈɡɪlətiːn/ noun [countable] 1 SCa piece of equipment used to cut off the heads of criminals, especially in France in the past2 TCN British English a piece of equipment used to cut large sheets of paper 3 British EnglishPGP the setting of a time limit on a discussion in the British Parliament Opposition leaders accused the government of introducing a guillotine motion to stifle debate.Examples from the Corpusguillotine• Its words function like a guillotine.• In fact, they wanted an even more severe limitation on politicians, but Willie Brown had the only guillotine.• Provincial guillotines and scaffolds were dismantled and those not exhibited in museums were broken up and scrapped.• Only five clauses of the Football Spectators Bill had been considered before the guillotine was introduced.• Feeley looked like a man being led to the guillotine.• Where the guillotine improved on the Halifax design was the inbuilt facility to position the victim accurately and quickly in the machine.Related topics: Law , Parliaments guillotineguillotine2 verb [transitive] 1 SCLto cut off someone’s head using a guillotine 2 British EnglishPGP to limit the period of time allowed for the discussion of a possible new law in the British Parliament→ See Verb table Origin guillotine1 (1700-1800) French from Joseph Guillotin (1738-1814), French doctor who invented it
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Verb table
guillotine
Simple Form
Present
I, you, we, they guillotine
he, she, it guillotines
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Past
I, you, he, she, it, we, they guillotined
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have guillotined
he, she, it has guillotined
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had guillotined
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will guillotine
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have guillotined
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Continuous Form
Present
I am guillotining
he, she, it is guillotining
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you, we, they are guillotining
Past
I, he, she, it was guillotining
you, we, they were guillotining
Present perfect
I, you, we, they have been guillotining
he, she, it has been guillotining
Past perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been guillotining
Future
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be guillotining
Future perfect
I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been guillotining
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