Ax synonyms

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hatchet
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
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mattock
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
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battle-ax
A heavy ax with a wide blade, formerly used as a weapon of war
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pickax
Alternative spelling of pickaxe.
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cleaver
(Archaeology) A bifacial core tool flaked to produce a straight sharp edge at one end.
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can
(Slang) To dismiss; discharge
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tomahawk
A light ax formerly used as a tool or weapon by certain Native American peoples.
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broadax
Alternative spelling of broadaxe.
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hand ax
A stone tool of the Paleolithic period rounded at one end for grasping and flaked to a point at the other end
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single-bitted ax
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discharge
To shoot:
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dismiss
To remove or discharge from a duty, office, position, or employment
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fire
To drive away by setting a fire.
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poll
To receive or record the votes of:
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sack
(Slang) To discharge from employment:
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twibill
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dismissal
An order for the dismissing of someone
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termination
The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
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boot
(US) A parking enforcement device used to immobilize a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
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bounce
The capacity to rebound; spring:
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cashier
To dismiss, esp. in dishonor, from a position of command, trust, etc.
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drop
(Intransitive) To sink quickly to the ground. [from 15th c.]
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release
Release is defined as to set free or to relieve.
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terminate
To have its end (in something)
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pink-slip
To end the employment or service of
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give someone the ax
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give someone the gate
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give someone the pink slip
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let-go
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show-someone-the-door
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keep (related)
(Historical) The main tower of a castle or fortress, located within the castle walls. (According to keep, the word comes "from the Middle English term kype, meaning basket or cask, and was a term applied to the shell keep at Guînes, said to resemble a barrel".)
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ask (related)
To expect or demand:
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axe
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
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decollation
The act of beheading someone.
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defenestration
The act of throwing something, or someone, out of a window.
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disemployment
The state of being disemployed, or deprived of employment.
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gallows-tree
A gallows
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puncturer
Agent noun of puncture; one who punctures.
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surplusing
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bx (related)
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cx (related)
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kx (related)
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adz
(Chiefly US) Alternative spelling of adze.
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poleax
A medieval battle-ax consisting of a long shaft ending in an ax or a combination of an ax, hammer, and pick.
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give someone his or her walking papers
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  • He swung the ax again.

  • He swung the ax once more, now only half a body length away.

  • Again she swung the ax, and this time it went half way through the log.

  • She relinquished the ax for the glass of tea.

  • Glancing over his shoulder at his advancing pursuer, he knew he'd have to drop far enough and rapidly enough to pass Shipton before the killer could swing out with his deadly ax.

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