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Guillotine
Apparatus designed for carrying out executions by beheading
This article is about the device used to carry out executions by beheading.
For the paper slicing tool, see Paper cutter. For other uses, see Guillotine (disambiguation).
A guillotine (GHIL-ə-teenGHIL-ə-TEENGHEE-yə-teen)[1] 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.
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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 is best known for its use in France, particularly during the French Revolution, where the revolution's supporters celebrated it as the people's avenger and the revolution's opponents vilifi