Associations to the word «Guillotine»

Wiktionary

GUILLOTINE, noun. 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.
GUILLOTINE, noun. A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
GUILLOTINE, noun. A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.
GUILLOTINE, verb. (transitive) To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.
GUILLOTINE, verb. (transitive) To end discussion on a parliamentary bill by invoking cloture.

Dictionary definition

GUILLOTINE, noun. Closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill.
GUILLOTINE, noun. Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people.
GUILLOTINE, verb. Kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country".

Wise words

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Martin Luther King Jr.