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Meanings of axe in English

Russian
топор
Portuguese
machado
Spanish
hacha
Catalan
atxa
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A tool for felling trees or chopping wood consisting of a heavy, most commonly metallic head flattened to a blade on one side, and which is attached to a usually wooden handle.

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        топор

        Heraldic figure.

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                Usage of axe in English
                1
                But the new defense budget doesn't axe a single major weapons system.
                Wired
                2
                A new manager will often swing the axe to clear a path.
                The Irish Times
                3
                Hockey also indicated that environmental agencies would be facing the budget axe.
                The Guardian
                4
                Here's a look at some possible targets and those facing the axe.
                The Irish Times
                5
                And besides, there's much to be said for a good sharp axe.
                A clash of kings
                6
                You were seen in the lugger with an axe in your hands.
                Jim Davis
                7
                She says however fearsome it might look, the axe is not sharp.
                Radio NZ
                8
                The spear he held carried a blade as large as an axe.
                Assail
                9
                Guapo was in front of the house busy in new-hafting his axe.
                The Forest Exiles: The Perils of a Peruvian Family in the Wilds ...
                10
                The woods of Russia are trembling under the blows of the axe.
                Uncle Vanya: Scenes from Country Life in Four Acts
                11
                The axe, too, in some indistinct way felt good in his hand.
                The Quest of the Silver Fleece: A Novel
                12
                Most of the men wore in their belts a chopping-knife and axe.
                In the Eastern Seas
                13
                In an instant Ivan was free, and an axe in his hand.
                International Weekly Miscellany of Literature, Art and Science -...
                14
                For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees.
                The Bible, Douay-Rheims, New Testament
                15
                The coroner's report said the wounds had been inflicted with an axe.
                Misery
                16
                The heavy door crashed to: the axe had fallen-thepang was experienced.
                Villette
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                Translations for axe
                Russian
                топор
                Portuguese
                machadomachados
                Spanish
                hacha
                Axe through the time
                Axe across language varieties
                Canada
                Common
                United Kingdom
                Common
                South Africa
                Less common
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