guillotine (n.)

  1. closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill

    [ Syn: closure by compartment ]

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

    guillotine (v.)

  1. kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country'

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