Guillotine

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title: Guillotine
text: A guillotine is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. The device consists of a tall, upright frame with a weighted and angled blade suspended at the top. The condemned person is secured with a pillory at the bottom of the frame, holding the position of the neck directly below the blade. The blade is then released, swiftly and forcefully decapitating the victim with a single, clean pass; the head falls into a basket or other receptacle below. The guillotine i
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description: Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillotine
date created: 2002-05-04T08:43:16Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T19:31:05Z
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