Usage of "axis countries"

Those countries opposed to the Allies during World War II, primarily Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and Imperial Japan.

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Examples for "axis"

Darwin literally added a new dimension to the debate-theaxis of history. 
 The Structure of Evolutionary Theory 

We therefore undertook a study of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis regulation in this population. 
 Pubmed 

This is usually in the direction of the axis of the ravine. 
 The Earth as Modified by Human Action 

Recommending course change, delta niner-zero degrees on any axis, to resolve ambiguity. 
 For Honor We Stand 

However, the z axis is also useful in achieving improved SERS intensity. 
 Pubmed 

Citizens of the Axis nations out of the radio stations. 
 The informers 

Another man had a scheme of exterminating the Axis nations by means of radio-controlled aerial torpedoes launched from Kansas City, Miss. 
 The new yorker 

It's 1962 and the axis powers won the second world war by dropping an atom bomb on Washington DC. 
 The Guardian 

The weapon the Axis powers were perfecting could have destroyed everyone. 
 Altered 

We are in Germany, or possibly Austria, as defeat looms for the Axis powers. 
 The Guardian 

The Axis powers knew that they must win the war in 1942-oreventually lose everything. 
 State of the Union Addresses 

The very philosophy of the Axis powers is based on a profound contempt for the human race. 
 State of the Union Addresses 

Usage of axis countries in English

Securities of Axis countries may not be traded in the U.S., by a recent order of the SEC. 
 The new yorker 

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Meanings of axis countries in English