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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: | chop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut up with tool |
| Synonyms: | axe, cleave, clip, cube, dice, divide, fell, fragment, hack, hackle, hash, hew, lop, mangle, mince, sever, shear, slash, truncate, whack |
| Main Entry: | destroy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | demolish, devastate |
| Synonyms: | abort, annihilate, annul, axe, blot out, break down, butcher, consume, cream*, crush, damage, deface, desolate, despoil, dismantle, dispatch, end, eradicate, erase, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, gut, impair, kill, lay waste, level, liquidate, maim, mar, maraud, mutilate, nuke, nullify, overturn, quash, quell, ravage, ravish, raze, ruin, sabotage, shatter, slay, smash, snuff out, spoliate, stamp out, suppress, swallow up, tear down, torpedo, total, trash*, vaporize, waste, wax, wipe out, wreck, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct, create, improve, repair, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | weapon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm, armament |
| Synonyms: | ammunition, anlace, arbalest, archery, arrow, assegai, atlatl, ax, axe, backsword, ballista, banderilla, barong, bat, baton, battle-ax, bayonet, bazooka, billy club, blackjack, blade, blowgun, bludgeon, bomb, boomerang, bow and arrow, bowie knife, brass knuckles, cannon, catapult, cleaver, club, crossbow, cudgel, cutlass, dagger, dart, dirk, firearm, flamethrower, gun, harpoon, hatchet, howitzer, hunting knife, knife, lance, machete, machine gun, missile, musket, nerve gas, nuclear bomb, nunchaku, pistol, revolver, rifle, saber, scythe, shotgun, slingshot, spear, spike, stiletto, switchblade, sword, tear gas |
| Main Entry: | hew |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut |
| Synonyms: | axe, carve, chip, chop, cleave, fashion, fell, hack, hold, prune, shape, strike, stroke |
| Notes: | hew means to make or shape as with an axe, while a hue is a particular gradation of color, a shade or tint |
| Main Entry: | chopper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that chops |
| Synonyms: | axe, dicer, mincer, molar |
| Main Entry: | cleaver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cutting instrument |
| Synonyms: | axe, foe, hatchet, knife, meat ax, river |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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