Definition of "guillotining" [guillotining]

• Present participle of guillotine. (verb)

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• "Sir Kevin Tebbit, the former top civil servant at the Ministry of Defence, told the inquiry that he had to run a "crisis budget" and criticised the Prime Minister for "guillotining" military spending six months after the March 2003 Iraq invasion."
• "He also criticised Mr Brown for "guillotining" military spending six months after the March 2003 Iraq invasion."
• "Gordon Brown hamstrung defence chiefs by 'guillotining' their budget months after the invasion of Iraq, it was claimed today."