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axe
/ æ /
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 ulterior motive
a grievance
a pet subject
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
slangany musical instrument, esp a guitar or horn
verb
to chop or trim with an axe
informalto dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure or services), or terminate (a project)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of axe1
Example Sentences
The university initially announced that 400 jobs were at risk and some courses were to be axed in the cost-saving measures, but later reduced this and pledged there would be no compulsory redundancies this year.
Moran's axing comes as several other networks are grappling with how to handle the president's litigiousness.
Kyle Ashman, 23, was due to enter the villa but was axed after The Sun newspaper revealed he had been arrested over a fight at a funeral earlier this year.
In theory there could be entire projects axed.
It will also take an axe to hospice, which relies on Medicare reimbursement to function.
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