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1) a machine used for beheading criminals with a heavy blade sliding in grooves dropped from a height (guillotine)

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Meaning:
execution

(an act of) punishment by being killed; the carrying out or performance of a piece of work etc

killing

BEHEADING as in Wiktionary
BEHEADING as in Wikipedia