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Meaning of guillotine
guil•lo•tine
Pronunciation: (gil'u-tēn", gē'u- esp. for v. gil"u-tēn', gē"u-), [key]
— n., v., -tined, -tin•ing.
- a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
- an instrument for surgically removing the tonsils.
- any of various machines in which a vertical blade between two parallel uprights descends to cut or trim metal, stacks of paper, etc.
- to behead by the guillotine.
- to cut with or as if with a guillotine.
See also:
- guillotine (Thesaurus)