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Guillotine
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a device for beheading, featuring a tall frame with a suspended blade released to swiftly sever the condemned person's head
Example
During the French Revolution, the guillotine became a symbol of radical political change as it was employed for public executions.
The condemned criminal faced the guillotine, a device known for its efficiency in carrying out swift and lethal beheadings.
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closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
to guillotine
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to execute someone by decapitation using a device designed for swift and efficient beheading
Example
They guillotine traitors in public.
The revolutionaries guillotine enemies.
