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Noun guillotine has 2 senses

closure by compartment, guillotine - closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
--₁ is a kind of closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law
guillotine - instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
--₂ is a kind of instrument of execution

Derived form: verb guillotine₁

Verb guillotine has 1 sense

guillotine - kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"
--₁ is one way to decapitate, behead

Derived form: noun guillotine₂
Sample sentence:
They want to guillotine the prisoners