All axe synonyms
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A a verb axe
- demolish β To demolish something such as a building means to destroy it completely.
- cleave β To cleave something means to split or divide it into two separate parts, often violently.
- cube β A cube is a solid object with six square surfaces which are all the same size.
- divide β to separate into parts, groups, sections, etc.
- mince β to cut or chop into very small pieces.
- slash β to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
- hack β to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- whack β to strike with a smart, resounding blow or blows.
- wipe out β an act of wiping: He gave a few quick wipes to the furniture.
- consume β If you consume something, you eat or drink it.
- wreck β any building, structure, or thing reduced to a state of ruin.
- dismantle β to deprive or strip of apparatus, furniture, equipment, defenses, etc.: to dismantle a ship; to dismantle a fortress.
- ruin β ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- smash β to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
- shatter β to break (something) into pieces, as by a blow.
- damage β To damage an object means to break it, spoil it physically, or stop it from working properly.
- ravage β to work havoc upon; damage or mar by ravages: a face ravaged by grief.
- crush β To crush something means to press it very hard so that its shape is destroyed or so that it breaks into pieces.
- impair β to make or cause to become worse; diminish in ability, value, excellence, etc.; weaken or damage: to impair one's health; to impair negotiations.
- sabotage β any underhand interference with production, work, etc., in a plant, factory, etc., as by enemy agents during wartime or by employees during a trade dispute.
- kill β to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
- gut β the alimentary canal, especially between the pylorus and the anus, or some portion of it. Compare foregut, midgut, hindgut.
- maim β to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
- raze β to tear down; demolish; level to the ground: to raze a row of old buildings.
- hash β hashish.
- clip β A clip is a small device, usually made of metal or plastic, that is specially shaped for holding things together.
- fragment β fragmentation
- mangle β to smooth or press with a mangle.
- lop β to let hang or droop: He lopped his arms at his sides in utter exhaustion.
- shear β to cut (something).
- truncate β to shorten by cutting off a part; cut short: Truncate detailed explanations.
- sever β to separate (a part) from the whole, as by cutting or the like.
- dice β A dice is a small cube which has between one and six spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to provide random numbers. In old-fashioned English, 'dice' was used only as a plural form, and the singular was die, but now 'dice' is used as both the singular and the plural form.
- hackle β one of the long, slender feathers on the neck or saddle of certain birds, as the domestic rooster, much used in making artificial flies for anglers.
- deface β If someone defaces something such as a wall or a notice, they spoil it by writing or drawing things on it.
- desolate β A desolate place is empty of people and lacking in comfort.
noun axe
- pistol β a short firearm intended to be held and fired with one hand.
- bomb β A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
- sword β a weapon having various forms but consisting typically of a long, straight or slightly curved blade, sharp-edged on one or both sides, with one end pointed and the other fixed in a hilt or handle.
- gun β Also called gin rummy. a variety of rummy for two players, in which a player with 10 or fewer points in unmatched cards can end the game by laying down the hand.
- missile β an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone, bullet, or arrow.
- nerve gas β any of several poison gases, derived chiefly from phosphoric acid, that weaken or paralyze the nervous system, especially that part of the system controlling respiration.
- cannon β A cannon is a large gun, usually on wheels, which used to be used in battles.
- rifle β a shoulder firearm with spiral grooves cut in the inner surface of the gun barrel to give the bullet a rotatory motion and thus a more precise trajectory.
- machete β a large heavy knife used especially in Latin-American countries in cutting sugarcane and clearing underbrush and as a weapon.
- ammunition β Ammunition is bullets and rockets that are made to be fired from guns.
- firearm β a small arms weapon, as a rifle or pistol, from which a projectile is fired by gunpowder.
- knife β an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- shotgun β a smoothbore gun for firing small shots to kill birds and small quadrupeds, though often used with buckshot to kill larger animals.
- revolver β a handgun having a revolving chambered cylinder for holding a number of cartridges, which may be discharged in succession without reloading.