guillotine
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/, /ˈɡiː.ə.tiːn/
guillotine (plural guillotines)
- A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade.
- A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
- (politics, informal) A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.
- A surgical instrument for cutting the tonsils.
- French: guillotine
- German: Guillotine, Fallbeil
- Italian: ghigliottina
- Portuguese: guilhotina
- Russian: гильоти́на
- Spanish: guillotina
- French: massicot
- German: Papierschneider
- Portuguese: guilhotina
- Spanish: guillotina
guillotine (guillotines, present participle guillotining; past and past participle guillotined)
- (transitive) To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.
- (transitive) To end discussion on a parliamentary bill by invoking cloture.
- French: guillotiner
- German: guillotinieren
- Italian: ghigliottinare
- Russian: казни́ть на гильотина
- Spanish: guillotinar
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