Guillotine (disambiguation)

A guillotine is a device for carrying out executions by decapitation named after French Politician Joseph-Ignace Guillotin who initially proposed its usage as a more humane form of execution.

Guillotine or Guillotines may also refer to:

Cutting

• Guillotine, a type of cigar cutter
• Guillotine amputation, performed without closure of the skin in an urgent setting – typically followed by a 2nd-phase amputation
• Guillotine cutting, the process of partitioning a material by bisecting it
• Guillotine (metalwork) or shear
• Paper cutter or paper guillotine

Film

• Guillotine (film), a 1924 German silent drama film
• The Guillotines , a 2012 Chinese film

Music

• "The Guillotine", a 2006 song by Escape The Fate
• "Guillotine", a 2016 song by Jon Bellion
• Guillotine (band), an Indian musical group
• Guillotine (British India album) (2007)
• Guillotine (Circle album) (2003)
• "Guillotine" (Death Grips song), a 2011 song by Death Grips

Sports

• Guillotine (wrestling) or the twister, a spinal lock
• Guillotine choke, a martial arts chokehold
• Guillotine, a press-up where the chest, head, and neck are lowered below the plane of the hands

Other uses

• Guillotine (character), a Marvel Comics character
• Guillotine (game), a card game
• Guillotine (magic trick)
• Cloture or guillotine, a motion or process in parliamentary procedure aimed at bringing debate to a quick end
• Guillotine Society, a Japanese anarchist terrorist group

See also

• Flying guillotine, a Chinese premodern combat weapon