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1. Closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
   - closure by compartment
    
2. Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people

1. Kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
   "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"

Derived forms: guillotining, guillotines, guillotined

Type of: behead, closure, cloture [N. Amer], decapitate, decollate, gag law, gag rule, instrument of execution

Encyclopedia: Guillotine