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▸ noun: An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
▸ noun: (informal) A dismissal or rejection.
▸ noun: (figurative) A drastic reduction or cutback.
▸ noun: (slang, music) A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
▸ noun: (finance) A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
▸ verb: (transitive) To fell or chop with an axe.
▸ verb: (transitive, figurative) To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
▸ noun: (archaic) The axle of a wheel.
▸ verb: To furnish with an axle.
▸ noun: A river in Dorset, Somerset, and east Devon, England, which flows into Lyme Bay at Seaton.
▸ noun: A river in Somerset, England, which flows into the Bristol Channel at Weston-super-Mare.
▸ verb: (now obsolete outside dialects, especially African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of ask [To request or petition.]
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hatchet,
tomahawk,
double-bladed axe,
battle axe,
throwing axe,
felling axe,
wood-splitting axe,
fireman's axe,
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