guillotine
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
closure imposed on the debate of specific sections of a bill
Types & categories
- gag law hypernym
Sense 2 verb
kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine
The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country
Types & categories
- decapitate hypernym
Related & opposite
- guillotine derivation
Sense 3 noun
instrument of execution that consists of a weighted blade between two vertical poles; used for beheading people
Types & categories
- instrument of execution hypernym
Related & opposite
- guillotine derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gag law |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | guillotine |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | decapitate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | guillotine |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | instrument of execution |