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| Main Entry: |
ax/axe
|
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | large cutting tool |
| Synonyms: | adz, chopper, hatchet, tomahawk |
| Main Entry: | ax/axe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss from service |
| Synonyms: | boot, bounce*, can*, cancel, cut back, discharge, dispense with, eliminate, fire, get rid of, give a pink slip, give the boot, kick out, lay off, remove, sack, terminate, throw out |
| Antonyms: | hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dismiss |
| Synonyms: | can, cleaver, discharge, fire, hatchet, poll, sack, tomahawk |
Example Sentences
- Rowland makes good on a threat to bring his budget ax down on.
- Only with proper diversification can adjuncts withstand the falling ax of budget cuts and layoffs.
- Also found were an ax with a copper blade, two arrows, and a tangle of string.
| Main Entry: | boot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kick; oust |
| Synonyms: | ax, bounce, can*, chase, chuck, cut, discharge, dismiss, drive, dropkick, eighty-six, eject, evict, expel, extrude, fire, heave, kick out, knock, punt, sack, shove, terminate, throw out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bounce |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | evict |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot out, can*, discharge, dismiss, eighty-six, eject, fire, give one notice, give the heave ho, heave, kick out, oust, sack, terminate, throw |
| Antonyms: | allow, let in, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | can |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fire from job |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, bounce*, cashier, discharge, dismiss, expel, give the heave ho, kick out, let go, sack, terminate |
| Notes: | can applies to what is possible and may to what is permissible; can means 'able to,' may means 'permitted to' |
| Antonyms: | employ, hire |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cancel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | call off; erase |
| Synonyms: | X-out, abolish, abort, abrogate, annul, ax, black out, blot out, break, break off, countermand, cross out, cut, deface, delete, destroy, do away with, do in, efface, eliminate, eradicate, expunge, finish off, go back on one's word, kill, obliterate, off*, omit, quash, remove, render invalid, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, rub out, scratch out, scrub, sink*, smash, squash, stamp across, strike out, torpedo, total*, trash*, trim*, undo, wash out, wipe out, wipe slate clean, zap |
| Antonyms: | allow, approve, arrange, establish, permit, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cashier |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discard, expel |
| Synonyms: | ax, boot, bounce, break, can*, cast off, discharge, dismiss, displace, drum out, fire, give a pink slip, give the heave ho, heave, remove, sack, terminate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decapitate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | behead |
| Synonyms: | ax, bring to the block, chop off one's head, decollate, execute, guillotine |
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