Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun guillotine

2 senses of guillotine

Sense 1
closure by compartment, guillotine -- (closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill)
       => closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law -- (a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body)

Sense 2
guillotine -- (instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people)
       => instrument of execution -- (an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb guillotine

1 sense of guillotine

Sense 1
guillotine -- (kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country")
       => decapitate, behead, decollate -- (cut the head of; "the French King was beheaded during the Revolution")