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guillotine
noun(guil-lo-tine)a machine for beheading by means of a heavy blade that slides down in vertical guides
guillotine
noun(guil-lo-tine)a shearing machine or instrument (such as a paper cutter) that in action resembles a guillotine
guillotine
noun(guil-lo-tine)closure by the imposition of a predetermined time limit on the consideration of specific sections of a bill or portions of other legislative business