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Guillotine
01
ghigliottina
a device for beheading, featuring a tall frame with a suspended blade released to swiftly sever the condemned person's head
Esempi
The guillotine was dismantled and abolished in many countries as a more humane approach to capital punishment was adopted.
La ghigliottina è stata smantellata e abolita in molti paesi con l'adozione di un approccio più umano alla pena capitale.
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a procedural measure that imposes a strict time limit on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Esempi
The debate on the budget was ended prematurely by a guillotine.
to guillotine
01
ghigliottinare
to execute someone by decapitation using a device designed for swift and efficient beheading
Esempi
The court guillotines people who disagree.
Il tribunale ghigliottina le persone che non sono d'accordo.
