guillotine

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Definition

  1. Noun:

    • An execution device: A machine consisting of a heavy, angled blade suspended between two tall upright posts, designed to behead a person by dropping the blade swiftly.
    • A legislative procedure: A method used in some parliamentary systems to limit the time spent debating a bill or sections of a bill, forcing a vote.

  2. Verb:

    • To execute by beheading: To put someone to death using a guillotine.
    • To end debate by a set rule: To apply a guillotine procedure to a legislative debate.
Examples

  • Noun:

    • The guillotine was used extensively during the French Revolution.
    • The government imposed a guillotine on the debate to ensure the bill passed before the deadline.

  • Verb:

    • During the Reign of Terror, the revolutionaries guillotined thousands.
    • The committee chairman decided to guillotine the discussion on the amendment.
Advanced Usage

  • "to face the guillotine": to be executed by beheading or, metaphorically, to face a decisive and often negative conclusion.

    • The corrupt official finally faced the guillotine of public opinion.

  • "a guillotine motion": In parliamentary contexts, a formal proposal to end debate on a bill.

    • The minister proposed a guillotine motion to pass the budget.
Variants and Related Words
  • Guillotining (gerund/noun): The act of executing with a guillotine or applying the legislative procedure.
    • The guillotining of the king was a pivotal moment.
Synonyms
  • Behead (verb): To cut off someone's head.
  • Decapitate (verb): To cut off the head of.
  • Closure (noun, in legislative context): A procedure for ending debate and taking a vote.
Related Phrases
  • "under the guillotine": Subject to the legislative time limit.
    • Several important clauses passed under the guillotine with little discussion.
Idioms
  • "The fall of the guillotine": Often used metaphorically to signify a sudden, decisive, and severe end.
    • The scandal brought about the fall of the guillotine on his political career.
Noun
  1. instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
  2. closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Verb
  1. kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
    • The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country

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