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▸ noun:  (historical, also figuratively) 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 which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.
▸ noun:  (by extension)
▸ noun:  A device or machine with a cutting blade.
▸ noun:  A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
▸ noun:  (surgery) An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
▸ noun:  (law, politics, informal)
▸ noun:  (British) A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
▸ noun:  (US) A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
▸ verb:  To use a guillotine (on someone or something).
▸ verb:  (also figuratively) To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
▸ verb:  To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
▸ verb:  (law, politics, informal)
▸ verb:  (British) To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
▸ verb:  (US) To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.

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