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poleaxed

Variant of poleax

or poleaxe

noun pl. poleaxes

  1. a long-handled battle-ax
  2. any ax with a spike, hook, or hammer opposite the blade

transitive verb poleaxed, poleaxing

to attack or fell with or as with a poleax

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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