Examples of “guillotine” in a Sentence

noun A device with a tall frame and a heavy angled blade, historically used to carry out executions by beheading.

• Thousands were executed by guillotine during the French Revolution.

noun A cutting tool or machine with a hinged or sliding blade, used to trim paper or other flat materials.

• The print shop used a guillotine to cut the stack of flyers to size.

verb To execute someone using a guillotine, or to cut something with one.

• The paper was guillotined into neat, equal sheets.

noun A parliamentary procedure that sets a firm deadline for ending debate on a bill.

• The government applied the guillotine to force a vote before midnight.