1. Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
   "The guillotine became a symbol of the French Revolution"
    
2. Closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
   "The guillotine was applied to expedite passage of the budget bill";
   - closure by compartment

1. Kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
   "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

Derived forms: guillotined, guillotines, guillotining

Type of: behead, closure, cloture [N. Amer], decapitate, decollate [archaic], gag law, gag rule, instrument of execution

Encyclopedia: Guillotine