To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
To execute (someone) with a guillotine.
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.
A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
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.
An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
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.
To cut or chop with a machete.
To hack or chop crudely with a blade other than a machete.
A sword-like tool used for cutting large plants with a chopping motion, or as a weapon. The blade is usually 50 to 65 centimeters long, and up to three millimeters thick.
A small stringed instrument from Madeira, Portugal, having a double bulged body, traditionally of wood, with a small rib and four metallic strings, sometimes attached by wooden pegs.