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guillotine   (TTS Sound)

The noun guillotine has 2 senses

• closure by compartment, guillotine -- (closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill)


• guillotine -- (instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people)

The verb guillotine has 1 sense

• guillotine -- (kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country")