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Synonyms for axe
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : aks |
Phonetic Transcription : æks |
Top 10 synonyms for axe Other synonyms for the word axe
- abort
- adz
- anlace
- annihilate
- annul
- arbalest
- archery
- arrow
- assegai
- atlatl
- ax
- axe
- backsword
- ballista
- banderilla
- barong
- bat
- baton
- battle-ax
- bayonet
- bazooka
- billy club
- blackjack
- blade
- blot out
- blowgun
- bludgeon
- boomerang
- boot
- bounce
- bow and arrow
- bowie knife
- brass knuckles
- break down
- butcher
- can
- cancel
- carve
- catapult
- chip
- chop
- chopper
- cleaver
- clip
- club
- cream
- crossbow
- cudgel
- cut
- cut back
- cut down
- cutlass
- dagger
- dart
- deface
- desolate
- despoil
- dice
- dicer
- dirk
- discharge
- dispatch
- dispense with
- eliminate
- end
- eradicate
- erase
- exterminate
- extinguish
- extirpate
- fashion
- fell
- fire
- firearm
- flamethrower
- foe
- fragment
- get rid of
- give a pink slip
- give the boot
- gun
- gut
- hack
- hackle
- harpoon
- hash
- hatchet
- hew
- hold
- howitzer
- hunting knife
- impair
- kick out
- kill
- knife
- lance
- lay off
- lay waste
- level
- liquidate
- lop
- machete
- machine gun
- maim
- mangle
- mar
- maraud
- meat ax
- mince
- mincer
- missile
- molar
- musket
- mutilate
- nerve gas
- nuclear bomb
- nuke
- nullify
- nunchaku
- overturn
- pistol
- prune
- quash
- quell
- ravage
- ravish
- raze
- remove
- revolver
- rifle
- river
- ruin
- saber
- sabotage
- sack
- scythe
- sever
- shape
- shatter
- shear
- shotgun
- slash
- slay
- slingshot
- smash
- snuff out
- spear
- spike
- spoliate
- stamp out
- stiletto
- strike
- stroke
- suppress
- swallow up
- switchblade
- sword
- tear down
- tear gas
- terminate
- throw out
- tomahawk
- torpedo
- total
- trash
- truncate
- vaporize
- waste
- wax
- whack
- wipe out
- wreck
- zap
Définition of axe
Origin :- Old English æces (Northumbrian acas) "axe, pickaxe, hatchet," later æx, from Proto-Germanic *akusjo (cf. Old Saxon accus, Old Norse ex, Old Frisian axe, German Axt, Gothic aqizi), from PIE *agw(e)si- (cf. Greek axine, Latin ascia).
- The spelling ax is better on every ground, of etymology, phonology, and analogy, than axe, which became prevalent during the 19th century; but it is now disused in Britain. [OED]The spelling ax, though "better on every ground, of etymology, phonology, & analogy" (OED), is so strange to 20th-c. eyes that it suggests pedantry & is unlikely to be restored. [Fowler]
- Meaning "musical instrument" is 1955, originally jazz slang for the saxophone; rock slang for "guitar" dates to 1967. The axe in figurative sense of cutting of anything (expenses, workers, etc.), especially as a cost-saving measure, is from 1922, probably from the notion of the headman's literal axe (itself attested from mid-15c.). To have an axe to grind is from an 1815 essay by U.S. editor and politician Charles Miner (1780-1865) in which a man flatters a boy and gets him to do the chore of axe-grinding for him, then leaves without offering thanks or recompense. Misattributed to Benjamin Franklin in Weekley, OED print edition, and many other sources.
- As in ax/axe : noun large cutting tool
- As in weapon : noun arm, armament
- As in chopper : noun something that chops
- As in cleaver : noun cutting instrument
- As in ax/axe : verb cut with large blade
- As in ax/axe : verb dismiss from service
- As in hew : verb cut
- As in chop : verb cut up with tool
- As in destroy : verb demolish, devastate
- A man cutting brush in a vacant lot leaned on his axe to look after us.
- Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
- I will cause the axe in the act of sinking to do away his sin.
- Extract from : « The Babylonian Legends of the Creation » by British Museum
- She cut it through, and the axe rang upon the stone wall behind it.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- She squeezed past Katy, secured the axe and hung it round her own neck.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- She looked at Katy reassuringly, then she took off the axe and handed it to her.
- Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
- The ankle was small and curved like an axe handle and looked as tough.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- At length a wood-boat gave us an axe, and with this we killed him.
- Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Junipers were creeping stealthily in, as if expecting the axe.
- Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
- These vermin are more to be feared than hangman's cord or headsman's axe.'
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Once, he roused with a start and hastily got the axe out from underneath the lashings.
- Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
Antonyms for axe
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