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Guillotine
ˈɡɪlətiːn
Guillotine definitions
noun
guillotine
guillotines
- a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people
- a device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal
- a surgical instrument with a sliding blade used typically for the removal of the tonsils
- (in parliament) a procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on
"a guillotine motion"
verb
guillotine
guillotined
guillotines
guillotining
- execute (someone) by guillotine
- cut (paper, card, etc.) with a guillotine
- (in parliament) end discussion by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate)