Meaning of guillotine

Definition of guillotine

(noun) closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

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