[ US /ˈæks/ ]
VERB
  1. terminate
    The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it
  2. chop or split with an ax
    axe wood
NOUN
  1. an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
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How To Use ax In A Sentence

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  • 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.
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  • 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
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  • The old rates were at least indirectly related to income; the new tax takes no account of a person's ability to pay.
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