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Example sentences from the Web for axeIt’s not about protecting Google, it’s about accounting for when the axe swings in the opposite direction. Antisemitic memes in image results highlight vulnerabilities in search|George Nguyen|September 30, 2020|Search Engine Land And that means they also fall under the umbrella of programs most likely to get the axe when state and federal budgets are tight. How to Solve the Policing Crisis|Keli Goff|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down. Keep Christmas Commercialized!|P. J. O’Rourke|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST He is the drone official, the bland-faced human-resources manager tasked with dropping the axe. Scott Walker: Too Boring to Beat|Ana Marie Cox|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those who propagate it are considered paranoids or activists with an axe to grind. Did Putin Blow Up the Whole Polish Government in 2010? A Second Look.|Will Cathcart|April 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST No matter what your title or your salary, every employee has a boss, and every employee can get the axe. Big Business Bullies Americans into the Machinery of Common Core|James Poulos|March 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Otter-heart now wished that the other axe might break, and again his desire was fulfilled. The Myths of the North American Indians|Lewis Spence "Not on me with axe, I pray you," he answered laughing, and twisting his head on one side. Wulfric the Weapon Thane|Charles W. Whistler He had before placed a pick and shovel, an axe, a couple of boards and some cords in the boat. Work and Win|Oliver Optic One day the cook put his hat on, and took his axe, and started out of the shanty door with an unwonted air of business. On Canada's Frontier|Julian Ralph I grabbed my axe, an' made up my mind to die fightin', anyway. Bert Wilson in the Rockies|J. W. Duffield
SEE SYNONYMS FOR axe ON THESAURUS.COM
noun plural axesa hand tool with one side of its head forged and sharpened to a cutting edge, used for felling trees, splitting timber, etcSee also hatchet an axe to grind - an ulterior motive
- a grievance
- a pet subject
the axe informal - dismissal, esp from employment; the sack (esp in the phrase get the axe)
- British severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service
US slang any musical instrument, esp a guitar or horn verb (tr)to chop or trim with an axe informal to dismiss (employees), restrict (expenditure or services), or terminate (a project) Word Origin for axeOld English æx; related to Old Frisian axa, Old High German acchus, Old Norse öx, Latin ascia, Greek axinē Words nearby axeaw-shucks, awsome, AWU, ax, axanthopsia, axe, axebird, axe-breaker, axel, Axel Heiberg, Axelrod Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to axemachine gun, pistol, bomb, sword, tear gas, gun, missile, nerve gas, cannon, rifle, machete, ammunition, firearm, knife, shotgun, revolver, cleave, cube, divide, mince |