guillotine

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Synonyms: guillotin, guillotined, guillotines, guillotte, guillotiner

Antonyms: guillotin, guillotined, guillotines, guillotte, guillotiner

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Noun

1. 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 onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
2. A device or machine with a cutting blade. A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform. An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
3. A device or machine with a cutting blade. A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform. An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
4. A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
5. An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
6. A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously. A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
7. A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
8. A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.

Verb

1. To use a guillotine (on someone or something). To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
   • Many counterrevolutionaries were guillotined during the French Revolution.
2. To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
   • Many counterrevolutionaries were guillotined during the French Revolution.
3. To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
4. To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure. To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
5. To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
6. To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
7. To end anything abruptly.

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