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Related Terms:
cloture
lunette
tonsil
paper
machine
antiguillotine
platform
guillotinement
diagonal
unguillotined
guillotining
hinged
surgical
guillotinable
guillotiner
blade
tumbril
capital punishment
decapitation
instrument
Definitions:
Noun
closure by compartment
guillotine
Definition: closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
guillotine
Definition: instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
Definition: 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
guillotine
Definition: kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"
Definition: To use a guillotine (on someone or something).
Definition: To execute (someone) with a guillotine.