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axe
/ æ°ì²õ /
noun
- a hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etc See also hatchet
- an axe to grind
- an ulterior motive
- a grievance
- a pet subject
- the axe informal.
- dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe )
- severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service
- slang.any musical instrument, esp a guitar or horn
verb
- to chop or trim with an axe
- informal.to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure or services), or terminate (a project)
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of axe1
Example Sentences
Critics say it leaves services vulnerable to being axed if they do not make a profit.
Reeves' plan for major money-saving from the welfare budget comes on top of her decision to axe the universal provision of winter fuel payments and only give them to the poorest pensioners.
Henry will brook no defiance, no matter how allusive, and so Cromwell must die under the shadow of an axe.
Todd was axed along with a host of other officials tasked with overseeing America's nuclear security.
Trump has long called for the department to be axed, a cherished goal of some conservatives, but completely shuttering it would require approval by Congress - which is unlikely.
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