poleax

pole·axe

or pole·ax P0409300 (pōl′ăks′)n.1. An axe having a hammer face opposite the blade, used to slaughter cattle.2. A medieval battle-axe consisting of a long shaft ending in an axe or a combination of an axe, hammer, and pick.tr.v. pole·axed, pole·ax·ing, pole·ax·es To strike or fell with or as if with a poleaxe: "When a gang of doves circled above the flowing water and swooped in to feed, he poleaxed the leader with a clean head shot" (William Hoffman).

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[Middle English, alteration (influenced by pole, long piece of wood) of pollax : poll, head; see poll + ax, axe; see axe.]

pole•ax

(ˈpoʊlˌæks)

n., pl. -ax•es (-ˌæk sɪz)

v. n. 1. a medieval shafted weapon with blade combining ax, hammer, and apical spike, used for fighting on foot. v.t. 2. to strike down or kill with or as if with a poleax. [1300–50; Middle English pollax literally, head-ax (see poll, ax); akin to Middle Low German polexe]

poleax

Past participle: poleaxed
Gerund: poleaxing

Imperative
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Present
I poleax
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he/she/it poleaxes
we poleax
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Preterite
I poleaxed
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Present Continuous
I am poleaxing
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Present Perfect
I have poleaxed
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Past Continuous
I was poleaxing
you were poleaxing
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Past Perfect
I had poleaxed
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Future
I will poleax
you will poleax
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Future Perfect
I will have poleaxed
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Future Continuous
I will be poleaxing
you will be poleaxing
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been poleaxing
you have been poleaxing
he/she/it has been poleaxing
we have been poleaxing
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been poleaxing
you will have been poleaxing
he/she/it will have been poleaxing
we will have been poleaxing
you will have been poleaxing
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been poleaxing
you had been poleaxing
he/she/it had been poleaxing
we had been poleaxing
you had been poleaxing
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Conditional
I would poleax
you would poleax
he/she/it would poleax
we would poleax
you would poleax
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Past Conditional
I would have poleaxed
you would have poleaxed
he/she/it would have poleaxed
we would have poleaxed
you would have poleaxed
they would have poleaxed

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	poleax - an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the bladepoleaxeax, axe - an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
	2.	poleax - a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pickpoleaxebattle-ax, battle-axe - a broadax used as a weapon
Verb	1.	poleax - fell with or as if with a poleaxpoleaxefell, strike down, cut down, drop - cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow; "strike down a tree"; "Lightning struck down the hikers"