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Guillotine
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guilhotina
a device for beheading, featuring a tall frame with a suspended blade released to swiftly sever the condemned person's head
Exemplos
The guillotine was dismantled and abolished in many countries as a more humane approach to capital punishment was adopted.
A guilhotina foi desmontada e abolida em muitos países à medida que uma abordagem mais humana à pena capital foi adotada.
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a procedural measure that imposes a strict time limit on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Exemplos
The debate on the budget was ended prematurely by a guillotine.
to guillotine
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guilhotinar
to execute someone by decapitation using a device designed for swift and efficient beheading
Exemplos
The court guillotines people who disagree.
O tribunal guilhotina pessoas que discordam.
