[
UK
/pˈəʊleɪks/
]
NOUN
- an ax used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
- a battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick
VERB
- fell with or as if with a poleax
How To Use poleaxe In A Sentence
- If a rugby player or boxer had spent almost 15 minutes unconscious after a taking a heavy tackle or being poleaxed by a crushing right hook, the minimum rest period would be a month.
- The one blot came towards the end and a grotesque-looking high tackle by Terry Newton that left Jon Wilkin poleaxed and could result in serious trouble for the Great Britain hooker when the RFL executive reviews the video on Monday.
- He poleaxed Salmenaga once in the first round, and for the KO in the third.
- The right-wing group had already been poleaxed mentally and emotionally.
- The oxen were shot or poleaxed.
- Canidius listened to the exchange feeling as if he had been hit by a poleaxe. Antony and Cleopatra
- Friday morning I woke up feeling like I'd been poleaxed, as did Heather.
- Barnado, who recently poleaxed American Peter McNeely to register the first defence, was knocked out by Nel in the first round in their bout which took place a few years ago.
- The right-wing group had already been poleaxed mentally and emotionally.
- Ball had been niggling away at the Dutch striker, but, as they turned to run towards the box, his elbow poleaxed the young defender.
