guillotinings
Public head removals
Guillotinings are executions by guillotine—the blade-drop device used most notoriously during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror.
The word appears in historical contexts describing mass executions: The guillotinings continued daily in the public square.
It can extend figuratively to swift, decisive removals: the guillotinings of senior executives after the scandal.
Lethal head removals
- decapitationsSevering of heads
- executionsLegally sanctioned killings
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
- bladeFlat cutting edge
Reign of Terror · Robespierre · condemned · capital punishment · revolutionaries · sentences · victims · Marie Antoinette
Dividing via sharp edge
- slicingCutting into portions
- paper cutterSheet-trimming office tool
- choppingCutting into pieces
- trimmingCutting away excess
shearing · clean cut · downward motion · leverage · vertical drop · sharp edge · straight edge · rapid action
Rules governing deliberative assemblies
- time limitMaximum duration permitted
- clotureProcedure ending legislative discussion
beheadings
Lethal head removals
- decapitationsSevering of heads
- executionsLegally sanctioned killings
- scaffoldTemporary elevated work structure
blade · Reign of Terror · Robespierre · condemned · capital punishment · revolutionaries · sentences · victims · Marie Antoinette · executioner
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- slicingCutting into portions
- paper cutterSheet-trimming office tool
- choppingCutting into pieces
trimming · shearing · clean cut · downward motion · leverage · vertical drop · sharp edge · straight edge · rapid action
parliamentary procedure
Rules governing deliberative assemblies
- time limitMaximum duration permitted
- clotureProcedure ending legislative discussion
guillotiningspardons
Official forgiveness of crimes
reprieves · commutations · acquittals · exonerations · clemencies
guillotiningshangings
Suspended wall coverings
shootings · electrocutions · lethal injections · burnings · drownings
guillotiningspardons
Official forgiveness of crimes
clemency · mercy · forgiveness · commutation · sparing