guillotined
Blade took head
Guillotined means executed by guillotine—the device with a heavy blade that drops to sever the head, used most infamously during the French Revolution.
The word extends figuratively to anything cut off swiftly and decisively: The project was guillotined by budget cuts.
In cricket, to guillotine is to chop down awkwardly at a ball.
Had head removed
- decapitatedHead cut off
- executedCarried out or killed
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
condemned · severed · French Revolution · Robespierre · Marie Antoinette · executioner · Reign of Terror · basket
Divided by cutting
- choppedCut into pieces
- cutSeverance or reduction
- trimmedCut to neaten
- paper cutterSheet-trimming office tool
cigar cutter · blade · lever · sheared · severed · truncated · clean cut · sharp
Separated or disconnected
- silencedRendered unable to speak
- debateFormal argument on issues
- motionChange in position
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
time limit · speaker · amendment · filibuster · curtailed · terminated · discussion · vote
beheaded
Had head removed
- decapitatedHead cut off
- executedCarried out or killed
- bladeFlat cutting edge
scaffold · condemned · severed · French Revolution · Robespierre · Marie Antoinette · executioner · Reign of Terror · basket · public execution
sliced
Divided by cutting
paper cutter · cigar cutter · blade · lever · sheared · severed · truncated · clean cut · sharp · mechanism
cut off
Separated or disconnected
procedure · time limit · speaker · amendment · filibuster · curtailed · terminated · discussion · vote · session
guillotinedpardoned
Formally forgiven for offense
spared · reprieved · commuted · acquitted · exonerated
guillotinedhanged
Killed by noose
shot · electrocuted · gassed · lethal injection · burned at the stake
- guillotine chokeSubmission hold targeting throat