also: ギヨチン · ギロティン · ギヨチーヌ
Refers to the execution device; also used metaphorically for a decisive cut or elimination.
from French
During the French Revolution, many people were executed by guillotine.
That politician's statement was like being put to the guillotine within the party.
The revolutionary government sent many aristocrats to the guillotine.
He was one of the last people to be executed by guillotine.