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Guillotine

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Noun

1. closure by compartment, guillotine

closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill

2. guillotine

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

Verb

3. guillotine

kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine

Example Sentences:
'The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Guillotine

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noun (ˈɡɪləˌtiːn )
1.  the guillotine
2. 
a device for cutting or trimming sheet material, such as paper or sheet metal, consisting of a blade inclined at a small angle that descends onto the sheet
3. 
a surgical instrument for removing tonsils, growths in the throat, etc
4. Also called: closure by compartment
(in Parliament, etc) a form of closure under which a bill is divided into compartments, groups of which must be completely dealt with each day
verb (ˌɡɪləˈtiːn ) (transitive)
5. 
to behead (a person) by guillotine
6. 
(in Parliament, etc) to limit debate on (a bill, motion, etc) by the guillotine

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Guillotine

see synonyms of guillotine
noun
1. 
an instrument for beheading by means of a heavy blade dropped between two grooved uprights
2. 
an instrument, working on a similar principle, as for cutting paper
3.  British
a method of limiting Parliamentary debate on a bill by voting at previously fixed times on specific sections of it
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈguilloˈtined or ˈguilloˈtining
4. 
to behead with a guillotine

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Guillotine

see synonyms of guillotine
n.
1. A device consisting of a heavy blade held aloft between upright guides and dropped to behead a person condemned to die.
2. An instrument, such as a paper cutter, similar in action to a guillotine.
tr.v. guil·lo·tined, guil·lo·tin·ing, guil·lo·tines
1. To behead with a guillotine.
2. To cut with a guillotine or sharp blade.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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