Gilliating example sentences

guil·lo·tine

noun

guillotine (noun) · guillotines (plural noun)

  - a machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people.

  - a device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal.

  - a surgical instrument with a sliding blade used typically for the removal of the tonsils.

  - (in parliament) a procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on:

  - execute (someone) by guillotine.

  - (in parliament) end discussion by applying a guillotine to (a bill or debate).

Synonyms

reduction, cut, cutback, decrease, lessening, diminution, retrenchment, shrinkage, shortening, truncation, restriction, limitation, increase, expansion, kill, hang, behead, decapitate, electrocute, shoot, garrotte, crucify, lynch, fry, bowstring

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