ギロチン

noun

guillotine

Refers to the execution device; also used metaphorically for a decisive cut or elimination.

from French

• フランス革かく命めいでは多おおくの人ひとがギロチンで処しょ刑けいされた。

  During the French Revolution, many people were executed by guillotine.

• その政せい治じ家かの発はつ言げんは、党とう内ないでギロチンにかけられたようなものだ。

  That politician's statement was like being put to the guillotine within the party.