1. (

• closure_by_compartment ,
• guillotine

) closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill ;

2. (

• guillotine

) instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people ;

1. (

• guillotine

) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; "The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country" ;