Guillotine
Related Definitions
[n] instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
[n] closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
[v] kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"
Related Terms
ax, behead, beheading, block, bowstring, burn, burning, capital punishment, cloture, cloture by compartment, cross, crucifixion, crucify, death chair, death chamber, decapitate, decapitation, decollate, decollation, defenestrate, defenestration, drop, ele