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Noun Concept
Categories: All articles needing additional references, 1789 introductions, Guillotine, Capital punishment in France, Blade weapons
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guillotine  Adriana Bouwman  Use of the Guillotine in Paris  execution by guillotine  Fallbeil
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Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people WordNet 3.0
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Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A guillotine is an apparatus designed for efficiently carrying out executions by beheading. Wikipedia
Device for carrying out executions by decapitation. Wikipedia Disambiguation
Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading Wikidata
Dutch criminal Wikidata
A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation. OmegaWiki
IS A
instrument of execution
homo
execution
decapitation device
appliance
HAS KIND
Maiden
Halifax Gibbet
HAS INSTANCE
Guillotine of Lucerne
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP
Netherlands
DERIVATION
guillotine
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
DISCOVERER OR INVENTOR
Antoine Louis
FAMILY NAME
Bouwman
GIVEN NAME
Adriana
LANGUAGES SPOKEN, WRITTEN OR SIGNED
Dutch
MANNER OF DEATH
execution
homicide
NAMED AFTER
Joseph-Ignace Guillotin
OCCUPATION
criminal
PLACE OF DEATH
The Hague
REPLACES
executioner's sword
SEX OR GENDER
female
USE
execution
USED BY
executioner
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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guillotine
Wikipedia
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guillotine
Wikidata
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Adriana Bouwman, guillotine
OmegaWiki
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guillotine
Wikipedia Redirections
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execution by guillotine, Fallbeil, Gillotine, Guillitine, guillotined, guillotines, Guilotine, Guilottine, gullotine, Henri Languille, louisette, the guillotine, Use of the guillotine in Paris, Use of the Guillotine in Paris

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