Ax synonyms
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A small ax with a short handle, for use with one hand: often the part of the head opposite the cutting edge is shaped like the striking portion of a hammerhead
adz
(Chiefly US) Alternative spelling of adze.
A tool for loosening the soil, digging up and cutting roots, etc.: it is like a pickax but has a flat, adz-shaped blade on one or both sides
A light ax formerly used as a tool or weapon by certain Native American peoples.
A heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
A medieval battle-ax consisting of a long shaft ending in an ax or a combination of an ax, hammer, and pick.
(Archaeology) A bifacial core tool flaked to produce a straight sharp edge at one end.
broadax
Alternative spelling of broadaxe.
hand ax
A stone tool of the Paleolithic period rounded at one end for grasping and flaked to a point at the other end
single-bitted ax
(Slang) To dismiss; discharge
To shoot:
To remove or discharge from a duty, office, position, or employment
To drive away by setting a fire.
To receive or record the votes of:
(Slang) To discharge from employment:
twibill
An order for the dismissing of someone
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
The capacity to rebound; spring:
To dismiss, esp. in dishonor, from a position of command, trust, etc.
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
To have its end (in something)
To end the employment or service of
give someone his or her walking papers
give someone the ax
give someone the gate
give someone the pink slip
show-someone-the-door
ask (related)
To expect or demand:
defenestration
The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window.
disemployment
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.
A gallows
puncturer
Agent noun of puncture; one who punctures.
surplusing
Find another word for ax. In this page you can discover 43 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for ax, like: hatchet, adz, mattock, tomahawk, battle-ax, poleax, pickax, cleaver, broadax, hand ax and single-bitted ax.