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STRAIGHTOUT
Straight"-out`, a.
Definition: Acting without concealment, obliquity, or compromise; hence, unqualified; thoroughgoing. [Colloq. U.S.] Straight-out and generous indignation. Mrs. Stowe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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GUILLOTINE
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
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