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thumb|The guillotine used in Luxembourg between 1798 and 1821 A guillotine ( ) is an apparatus designed for effectively 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.
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A guillotine is a mechanical device used to execute people by beheading, consisting of a tall frame with a weighted blade at the top that swiftly decapitates a secured victim. It matters historically because it was adopted as an execution method in various countries and represents a significant aspect of capital punishment practices in certain time periods.
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- Guillotine Luxembourg 01.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1792-00-00
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- Guillotines
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- Guillotine
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- wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/03467068-n