ギロチン

also: ギヨチン · ギロティン · ギヨチーヌ

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Meanings

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Refers to the execution device; also used metaphorically for a decisive cut or elimination.

from French

フランス革かく命めいでは多おおくの人ひとがギロチンで処しょ刑けいされた。
During the French Revolution, many people were executed by guillotine.
その政せい治じ家かの発はつ言げんは、党とう内ないでギロチンにかけられたようなものだ。
That politician's statement was like being put to the guillotine within the party.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉をギロチンにかけるto send someone to the guillotine
革かく命めい政せい府ふは多おおくの貴き族ぞくをギロチンにかけた。
The revolutionary government sent many aristocrats to the guillotine.
ギロチンで処しょ刑けいするto execute someone by guillotine
彼かれはギロチンで処しょ刑けいされた最さい後ごの人じん物ぶつの一人ひとりだった。
He was one of the last people to be executed by guillotine.