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US
/ˈæks/
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VERB
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terminate
The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it -
chop or split with an ax
axe wood
NOUN
- an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
How To Use ax In A Sentence
- Unless contraindicated, prophylaxis with a gastrointestinal motility stimulant laxative and a stool softener is appropriate in terminally ill patients who are being given opioids.
- Once tawhid is accepted as the first axiom of thought, the goal of life becomes bridging the gap between the asserter and the asserted. William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: Islam and the Goal of Love
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- Band leader, Ray Blue, is also a composer, arranger and performer on tenor, alto and soprano saxophones.
- The tax assessor determined that the property was subject to taxation based on its infrequent use for religious purposes. Christianity Today
- By recording the spectra of several distant quasars whose light pierces the Milky Way, the spacecraft revealed some 50 ultraviolet-absorbing gas clouds around our galaxy.
- She also lent me a couple of Ben Elton books which were good, but not as good for relaxing as they have a whole dark seedy side.
- On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” Storyteller
- There's a lot of ballyhoo involved in getting a taxi in this country.
- Going into the large yard, he cut two oaken wedges, took a new wheel, and drove a wedge firmly into one end of its axle-box. Russian Fairy Tales A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore