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A guillotine ( / ˈɡɪlətiːn, - loʊ -/ GHIH-lə-teen, -loh-) 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.
The Guillotines is a 2012 Chinese-Hong Kong wuxia drama film directed by Andrew Lau, starring Huang Xiaoming, Ethan Juan, Shawn Yue, Li Yuchun and Jing Boran. It is a remake of the 1975 Shaw Brothers film Flying Guillotine.
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Jun 28, 2024 · Guillotine, instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced in France in 1792. It consists of two posts surmounted by a crossbeam and grooved so as to guide an oblique-edged knife, the back of which is weighted to make it fall forcefully upon and slice through the neck of a prone victim.
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Jun 14, 2013 · The Guillotines: Directed by Andrew Lau. With Xiaoming Huang, Ethan Juan, Purba Rgyal, Tian Gao. An elite crime-fighting unit in the court of the Chinese emperor relies on flying swords to defeat their enemies.
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Mar 24, 2019 · The guillotine is one of European history's most bloody icons. Although designed with the best of intentions, this hugely recognizable machine soon became associated with events that have overshadowed both its heritage and its development: the French Revolution.
Jan 23, 2019 · The guillotine is an instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation that came into common use in France after 1792 (during the French Revolution ). In 1789, a French physician first suggested that all criminals should be executed by a “machine that beheads painlessly." Heritage Images / Getty Images.
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Apr 25, 2012 · As the spirit of liberté, égalité and fraternité swirled through Paris in the early days of the French Revolution, Dr. Joseph-Ignace Guillotin rose before the National Assembly in 1789 to lobby...
