Guillotine

Noun

 * 1) 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.
 * 2) A device used for cutting stacks of paper to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged blade attached to a flat platform.
 * 3) A cloture; a motion that debate be ended and a vote taken.

Verb

 * 1)  To execute, cut or cut short (a person, a stack of paper or a debate) by use of a guillotine.

Thesaurus
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, electric chair, electrocute, electrocution, execute, execution, fusillade, gallows, gallows-tree, garrote, gas chamber, gassing, gibbet, halter, hanging, head, hemlock, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, inflict capital punishment, judicial murder, kangaroo cloture, lapidate, lapidation, lethal chamber, maiden, necktie party, noose, poisoning, put to death, rope, scaffold, shoot, shooting, stake, stem, stone, stoning, strangle, strangling, strangulation, the ax, the block, the chair, the gallows, the gas chamber, the guillotine, the hot seat, the rope, tree

Etymology
From guillotine, after Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed its use for capital punishment.

Pronunciation

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Noun

 * Catalan: guillotina
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 斷頭台, 断头台
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: λαιμητόμος


 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ギロチン, 断頭台
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ghilotină
 * Russian: гильотина
 * Spanish:


 * Finnish: paperileikkuri
 * French:
 * German:


 * Hungarian: síkvágó
 * Portuguese:

Verb

 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Polish: ,
 * Romanian: ghilotina
 * Spanish:

Etymology
After Dr Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, who proposed its use for capital punishment.

Noun

 * 1) guillotine

Derived terms

 * guillotiner: to behead with a guillotine.
 * fenêtre à guillotine: box sash window

Noun

 * 1)  guillotine

Synonyms

 * Fallbeil