Guillotine
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of 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 which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Verb
- To use a guillotine (on someone or something). To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
"Many counterrevolutionaries were guillotined during the French Revolution."
- To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
"Many counterrevolutionaries were guillotined during the French Revolution."
- To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
- To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure. To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
- To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
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