guillotinenoun
uk/ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/us/ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/guillotine noun (DEVICE)
[ C or S ] a device, invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame, used in the past for killing criminals by cutting off their heads:
[ C ] UK a device with a long sharp blade that is used for cutting large quantities of paper
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Death penalties
- behead
- burn
- capital punishment
- chair
- condemn
- condemn sb to (do) sth
- condemned
- decapitate
- execute
- execution
- executioner
- gallows
- hangman
- hung, drawn, and quartered idiom
- noose
- scaffold
- stake
- stone
- string
- string sb up
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guillotine noun (LIMIT)
[ C ] UK specialized politics a limit on the amount of discussion allowed about a particular law in Parliament, made by setting a fixed time before a final vote must be taken
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legislative assembly
- legitimate
- passage
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rescission
- rider
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guillotineverb [ T ]
uk/ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/us/ˈɡɪl.ə.tiːn/guillotine verb [ T ] (KILL)
to cut someone's head off using a guillotine:
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Death penalties
- behead
- burn
- capital punishment
- chair
- condemn
- condemn sb to (do) sth
- condemned
- decapitate
- execute
- execution
- executioner
- gallows
- hangman
- hung, drawn, and quartered idiom
- noose
- scaffold
- stake
- stone
- string
- string sb up
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guillotine verb [ T ] (LIMIT)
UK specialized politics to set a fixed time before a final vote must be taken on a particular law in Parliament:
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UK politics: legislation & law-making
- abolish
- abrogate
- amendment
- assemblyman
- assemblywoman
- constitution
- constitutional
- lawmaker
- legalize
- legislate
- legislative
- legislative assembly
- legitimate
- passage
- proscribe
- quash
- repeal
- rescind
- rescission
- rider
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