Meaning of dry guillotine | Babel Free
Definitions
Forced deportation to a penal colony, especially as a punishment during the French Revolution.
Examples
“Nor could they forget the 200-odd priests massacred in the Paris prisons in September 1792, [...] or the 118 who never came back from the dry guillotine that was French Guiana.”
“It disposed of political opponents mainly through the ‘dry guillotine’ of deportation rather than by physical liquidation.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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