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   axe

   /aks/

   noun

   • 1. a tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle: "I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood"
   • ▪ a measure intended to reduce costs drastically, especially one that involves elimination of staff: "thirty workers are facing the axe in the assembly department"
   • 2. a musical instrument, especially one played by a jazz or rock musician. informal

   verb

   • 1. end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly: "the company is axing 125 jobs" Similar cancelwithdrawdropabandonendterminateput an end todiscontinueinformal:scrapcutjunkditchdumpgive something the choppull the plug onknock something on the headdismissgive someone noticethrow outget rid oflay offlet godischargemake redundantinformal:sackfirekick outboot outgive someone the sackgive someone the bootgive someone the bulletgive someone the (old) heave-hogive someone the pushgive someone their marching ordersshow someone the doorgive someone the elbowgive someone their cards
   • ▪ reduce (costs or services) drastically: "the candidates all promised to axe government spending"
   • 2. cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively: "the door had been axed by the firefighters"

   Word Origin Old Englishæx, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aaks and German Axt.

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • A

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     8

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