guillotine
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- noun
- /ˈɡɪləˌtiːn/
- UK
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cierre de debates
- The guillotine?
Examples
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Bessette then countered on the ground and locked in a tight guillotine, but lost it near the end of the round.
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French Revolution: "Like all his compatriots, he was taught as a child that the guillotine fell on evil aristocrats."
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Well, we have a guillotine of our own.
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We have the guillotine of experiments that chops the head of ideas that are not matching the evidence.
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The fight stayed upright until the waning seconds as Lawlor pulled guard for a guillotine attempt, but Carmont survived to the bell.
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It's a kind of release valve for budding anger resulting not in the guillotine but in awkwardly forced concession speeches.
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Even a modest reform, one that would create mechanisms such as a "guillotine law," which establishes a peremptory period for a legislature to act on an executive bill lest it be automatically approved, would help rebalance the relationship between the legislature and the presidency.
Academic text (2006) -
The Senate used a guillotine procedure to expedite the vote on the controversial bill.
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During the debate, the Speaker announced a guillotine motion to limit the discussion to one hour.
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After much negotiation, the committee decided to implement a guillotine to ensure timely decisions on the proposed legislation.
Synonyms
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9.8
A formal rule in a meeting or parliament that ends debate so members can vote
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An action that stops debate and makes the group take a vote
A way to stop debate on parts of a bill so it can pass faster
How Strict
Surface Forms
Etymology
Guillotine used in politics takes its name from the execution device because it 'cuts off' debate or discussion and forces a vote, so the word now means a rule that ends debate quickly.