English to afrikaans meaning of

guillotine

Die woordeboekdefinisie van die woord "guillotine" is 'n masjien wat ontwerp is om 'n persoon te onthoof deur middel van 'n swaar lem wat tussen twee poste laat val word, wat dikwels tydens die Franse Revolusie vir teregstelling gebruik is. Dit kan ook verwys na 'n toestel of gereedskap wat gebruik word om te sny of snoei, soos 'n papiersnyer. Die woord kan ook figuurlik gebruik word om te verwys na 'n skielike en beslissende handeling of uitkoms wat 'n drastiese verandering of verlies meebring.

Sentence Examples

  1. Locking in a guillotine choke, I squeezed, cutting off the blood flow to his brain.
  2. The only difference consists in the opposite character of the equality advocated by these two men one is the equality that elevates, the other is the equality that degrades one brings a king within reach of the guillotine, the other elevates the people to a level with the throne.
  3. A double line of carbineers, placed on each side of the door of the church, reached to the scaffold, and formed a circle around it, leaving a path about ten feet wide, and around the guillotine a space of nearly a hundred feet.
  4. When he doubled over, holding his side, I dropped the cane and looped my arm under his chin, locking in another guillotine.
  5. We visited the Bastille, where I got the willies by putting my head under a real guillotine.
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