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Guillotine Common

Guillotine has 6 different meanings across 2 categories:

Noun · Verb

Definitions
Noun
1

closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill

2

instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people

3

A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped on to the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.

Verb
1

kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine

"The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

2

To use a guillotine (on someone or something).

3

To execute (someone) with a guillotine.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
closure instrument of execution decapitate
Rhyming Words
ine sine vine line mine bine zine wine dine eine pine gine kine rine fine nine tine cine meine reine
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