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ax

verb as in dismiss

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No axes were ground in the making of “Mr. Scorsese.”

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He makes his trademark entry through the roofs of hamburger restaurants and other businesses, hacking out a hole with saws and drills--even an ax--and dropping in to surprise employees.

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It’s only a matter of time before somebody grabs the ax to use on someone else before their own blood has dried from its blade.

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Chopping wood outside his character’s rustic cabin in the middle of nowhere, he drives the ax down again and again, ferociously focused on the task at hand.

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But Neil and the chrome hearts would also swap their axes for acoustic guitars.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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