1. past tense of guillotine; executed by beheading with a guillotine
Usage: historical; transitive
2. cut or severed abruptly or cleanly, as if with a guillotine
Usage: figurative; transitive

Examples

• King Louis XVI was guillotined during the French Revolution in 1793.
• Marie Antoinette was guillotined shortly after her husband.
• The project was guillotined by the board due to budget cuts.
• The film's ending was guillotined from the final release.
• Thousands were guillotined during the Reign of Terror.
• The proposal was guillotined before it could be discussed.