Significado da palavra guillotine em português

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guillotine

US /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/
UK /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/
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Substantivo

1.

guilhotina

a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

Exemplo:
During the French Revolution, many were executed by the guillotine.
Durante a Revolução Francesa, muitos foram executados pela guilhotina.
The museum displayed an old model of a guillotine.
2.

a device for cutting paper or sheet metal, with a hinged blade operated by a lever.

Exemplo:
He used a paper guillotine to trim the edges of the photographs.
Ele usou uma guilhotina de papel para aparar as bordas das fotografias.
The metal shop had a large industrial guillotine for cutting steel sheets.
A oficina de metal tinha uma grande guilhotina industrial para cortar chapas de aço.

Verbo

1.

to cut off someone's head with a guillotine.

Exemplo:
The revolutionaries threatened to guillotine the king.
Historically, this method was used to publicly guillotine criminals.
2.

to use a guillotine to cut paper or other materials.

Exemplo:
The printer needs to guillotine the stack of brochures to the correct size.
The factory uses automated machines to guillotine large sheets of metal.