guillotine

Noun
  1. Closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill (synset 106679772)
    is a type of: closure, cloture, gag law, gag rule - a rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body
    same as: closure by compartment
  2. Instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles;
    Used for beheading people (synset 103472000)
    is a type of: instrument of execution - an instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person
Verb
  1. Kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine (synset 201574369)
    "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country"
    is a type of: behead, decapitate, decollate - cut the head of

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