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Meanings of poleax in anglès

espanyol
hacha de petos

A battle ax used in the Middle Ages; a long handled ax and a pick.

        hacha de petos
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        Examples for "poleaxe"
        Examples for "poleaxe"
        1
        Down he went, just like a steer hit with a poleaxe.
        IT
        2
        And in this way I suppose you larned how to chop with your little poleaxe.
        Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia
        3
        Ser Rodrik should teach me to use a poleaxe.
        A Game of Thrones
        4
        A man is knocked down by the unforeseen blow, like an ox by the poleaxe.
        The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
        5
        She looked like she'd been hit with a poleaxe.
        Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
        Usage of poleax in anglès
        1
        He was coming two steps at a time, holding a poleax at port arms.
        Divide and Rule
        2
        She shivered like an animal as it is hit in the head with a poleax.
        Susan Lenox: Her Fall and Rise
        3
        Some barbarian chief with a poleax and war paint?
        Act of will
        4
        He was even bigger than Sir Howard, and he brandished his poleax like a switch.
        Divide and Rule
        5
        But if they make it thick enough to stop a poleax, it'll make you top-heavy, I think.
        Divide and Rule
        6
        But the man, dropping his poleax, was dancing back out of reach, flicking blood from his wounded hand.
        Divide and Rule
        7
        Standing beside the jester was Deler, holding the torch in one hand and a double-edged poleax in the other.
        Shadow prowler
        8
        Deler decided that he wanted a bit of amusement, too, and his poleax started singing in unison with the gnome's battle-mattock.
        Shadow prowler
        9
        The dwarf glowered and stroked the blade of his enormous poleax; the gnome puffed away on his pipe, exhausting his final reserves of tobacco.
        Shadow prowler
        10
        With no armor to protect him he went down as if poleaxed.
        Mass Effect: Deception
        11
        Soldiers at the barricade pushed them back with spears, poleaxes and lances.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        12
        Hatchets dangled from their belts, curved poleaxes glowed in the reddening light.
        Perdido Street Station
        13
        The whaleboat crashed on to the workbench, its bow poleaxing the man.
        Amagansett
        14
        A shuffling, yelling wall of men armed with spears and poleaxes fought something.
        Return of the Crimson Guard
        15
        The woman stopped as if poleaxed, her face cratering into a comical pout.
        Shock
        16
        Deke was looking at her with a mildly poleaxed expression.
        11/22/63
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