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"axe":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bounce",
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"can",
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"cashier",
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"discharge",
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"dismiss",
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"fire",
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"muster out",
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"pink-slip",
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"release",
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"remove",
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"retire",
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"sack",
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"terminate",
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"turn off"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a cutting tool that consists of a heavy edged head fixed to a handle with the edge parallel to the handle and that is used especially for felling trees and chopping and splitting wood":[],
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": a hammer with a sharp edge for dressing (see dress entry 1 sense 6e ) or spalling stone":[],
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": abrupt elimination or severe reduction of something":[
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"Unlimited expense accounts, signing bonuses, and office plants\u2014all are getting the ax [=being cut or eliminated] thanks to corporate cost-cutting measures.",
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"\u2014 Amanda Hinnant",
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"No party was brave enough to offend its supporters by taking an axe to [=severely reducing] expenditure.",
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"\u2014 The Economist"
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],
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": an ulterior often selfish underlying purpose":[
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"claims that he has no axe to grind in criticizing the proposed law"
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],
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": any of several musical instruments (such as a guitar or a saxophone)":[],
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": removal from office or release from employment : dismissal":[
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"\u2014 usually used with the Employees with poor evaluations got the axe . Trump quickly gave him the ax [=fired him] for his incompetence. \u2014 Laura Petrecca"
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],
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": to chop, split, or sever with an axe":[
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"axe branches from a tree"
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],
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": to remove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)":[
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"The TV program was axed from the new schedule."
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],
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": to shape, dress (see dress entry 1 sense 6e ), or trim with an axe":[
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"axe stone"
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]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Noun",
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"the company was hemorrhaging money, so 700 employees would soon be given the ax",
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"Verb",
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"The boss told him that he had been axed .",
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"the boss will ax anyone who leaks company secrets",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Noun",
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"Everybody that got rejected has a legitimate ax to grind. \u2014 Laura Johnston, cleveland , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"People who have a political ax to grind aren't welcome in our parade. \u2014 Sahar Akbarzai, CNN , 2 Jan. 2022",
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"Among the gems: Johnny Ramone\u2019s black and white Mosrite Ventures II guitar, his main ax from November 1977 through August 1996 \u2014 with the battle scars to prove it. \u2014 BostonGlobe.com , 20 Sep. 2021",
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"The rules are simple: One man will have the opportunity to inflict any blow on the knight and receive his exquisite ax . \u2014 Tyler Bey, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 July 2021",
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"Kaduce set his snow hook and pulled out his ax , a mandatory item for Iditarod mushers. \u2014 Marc Lester, Anchorage Daily News , 18 Mar. 2021",
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"The officer had pulled a car over near the intersection of Bond Street and McDowell Road when a second vehicle pulled up and a man in his 20s charged at the officer armed with an ax , a Naperville Police Department news release said. \u2014 Suzanne Baker, Chicago Tribune , 3 June 2022",
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"In an assault on Israel\u2019s independence day, two Palestinian men allegedly bludgeoned three men to death with an ax in the ultra-Orthodox town of Elad. \u2014 Shira Rubin, Washington Post , 27 May 2022",
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"For years, the image of a mountain climber was someone like Reinhold Messner or Edmund Hillary -- bearded, serious, ice- ax -toting white men from Europe or North America. \u2014 Lilit Marcus, CNN , 29 May 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The European Union wants ax its dependence on Russian oil and gas by two-thirds this year and completely over five years through alternative sources, wind and solar, and conservation. \u2014 Derek Gatopoulos, ajc , 29 Apr. 2022",
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"Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter that the decision to ax the comedy was made months ago after the now fourth season and ultimate series finale aired back in December. \u2014 Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter , 27 Apr. 2022",
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"Irwin didn\u2019t ax all of Patrick Henry\u2019s advanced courses. \u2014 Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"Her father also worked as a blacksmith and made baskets and ax handles. \u2014 Washington Post , 3 Mar. 2022",
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"Noting Germany's decision last month to freeze the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Novak said Russia could ax the existing Nord Stream 1 pipeline \u2013 considered one of Europe's main sources of natural gas. \u2014 Celina Tebor, USA TODAY , 8 Mar. 2022",
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"The cancellations come after a week of travel chaos over the holidays that saw airlines ax thousands of flights, with some blaming the spread of omicron among crew and other staff. \u2014 NBC News , 29 Dec. 2021",
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"SkyWest, a major partner for United, Delta, American and Alaska, has had among the heaviest flight cancellations in the past couple of weeks as airlines tend to ax those regional flights first. \u2014 Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY , 7 Jan. 2022",
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"The Mayo Clinic has faced some backlash over its policy, with 38 lawmakers signing a letter to the hospital last month asking it to ax the rule. \u2014 NBC News , 5 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
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"circa 1674, in the meaning defined at sense 1a":"Verb"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from Old English \u00e6cs ; akin to Old High German ackus ax, Latin ascia , Greek axin\u0113":"Noun and Verb"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8aks"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[
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"discharge",
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"dismissal",
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"furlough",
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"layoff",
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"redundancy"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-001345",
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"axenic":{
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": free from other living organisms":[]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"(\u02c8)\u0101-\u02c8zen-ik",
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"-\u02c8z\u0113-",
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"-\u02c8z\u0113n-",
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"(\u02cc)\u0101-\u02c8ze-nik"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Greek a- a- entry 2 + x\u00e9nos \"foreigner, guest\" + -ic entry 1 \u2014 more at xeno-":""
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},
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"first_known_use":{
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"1942, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-002627"
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}
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}
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