guillotine betydelse and definition

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• 0 a device, invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame, used in the past for killing criminals by cutting off their heads:

  • King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette went to the guillotine (= were killed by the guillotine) during the French Revolution.

• 1 a limit on the amount of discussion allowed about a particular law in Parliament, made by setting a fixed time before a final vote must be taken

• 2 to cut someone's head off using a guillotine:

  • During the French Revolution, thousands of people were guillotined.

• 3 to set a fixed time before a final vote must be taken on a particular law in Parliament:

  • The bill was guillotined at the committee stage.

• 4 a device, invented in France, consisting of a sharp blade in a tall frame that was used for killing a person by cutting off his or her head