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axed

Variant of ax

or axe

noun pl. axes

  1. a tool for chopping trees and splitting wood: it has a long wooden handle and a metal head with a blade usually on only one side
  2. any similar tool or weapon, as a battle-ax, headsman's ax, etc.
  3. Slang a musical instrument

transitive verb axed, axing

  1. to trim, split, etc. with an ax
  2. to cut off, remove, get rid of, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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