Answer: guillotine

AnswerCrossword Clue
GUILLOTINEKiller of Louis XVI.
GUILLOTINEDread device of 1700's
GUILLOTINESydney Carton's choice
GUILLOTINEReign of Terror instrument
GUILLOTINEBourbon cutter?
GUILLOTINEApparatus named for a French physician
GUILLOTINE"A Tale of Two Cities" ender?
GUILLOTINEDecollate a la Charlotte Corday
GUILLOTINEOld instrument for removing tonsils
guillotine(French) an instrument for beheading consisting of a weighted blade allowed to drop between two tall grooved uprights / to behead with a guillotine
guillotine(in parliament) A procedure used to prevent delay in the discussion of a legislative bill by fixing times at which various parts of it must be voted on
guillotineA device for cutting that incorporates a descending or sliding blade, used typically for cutting paper, card, or sheet metal
guillotineA surgical instrument with a sliding blade used typically for the removal of the tonsils
guillotineA machine with a heavy blade sliding vertically in grooves, used for beheading people