VERB | contact | guillotine | kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine |
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NOUN | communication | guillotine, closure by compartment | closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill |
artifact | guillotine | instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles |
Sounds | gih'lahtiy.n; giy'yahtiy.n | |
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Rhymes | Aberdeen ... wolverine / Wolverine: 192 rhymes with iyn... |
Meaning | closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill. | |
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Synonym | closure by compartment | |
Broader | closure, cloture, gag rule, gag law | A rule for limiting or ending debate in a deliberative body |
Spanish | guillotina | |
Catalan | guillotina |
Meaning | instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people. | |
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Broader | instrument of execution | An instrument designed and used to take the life of a condemned person |
Spanish | guillotina | |
Catalan | guillotina | |
Verbs | guillotine | kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine |
Meaning | kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
Model | They want to guillotine the prisoners | |
Example | "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country" | |
Broader | decapitate, behead, decollate | cut the head of |
Spanish | guillotinar | |
Catalan | guillotinar | |
Nouns | guillotine | instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles |
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