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axe

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And that means they also fall under the umbrella of programs most likely to get the axe when state and federal budgets are tight.

It was promoted on what might be called not-quite-mainstream or, indeed, axe-to-grind media.

And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down.

He is the drone official, the bland-faced human-resources manager tasked with dropping the axe.

And it is only one of a number of Afghan schools to face the budget axe swung by distant governments and cost-cutting politicians.

But not too big for the ragged old arm that felled it down as an axe fells the last rings of a stricken tree.

For the laws of the people are vain: for the works of the hand of the workman hath cut a tree out of the forest with an axe.

She shook her head—Gilbert was not at home, and her axe was so blunt that a body might ride to Rumford on it.

King Robert himself was riding in front of Sir Edward's division on a small palfrey, with only a battle-axe in hand.

Patrick had brought an axe and, with the help of some of the boys, soon had a big bonfire burning on the edge of the pond.

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On this page you'll find 124 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to axe, such as: cleave, cube, divide, hack, mince, and slash.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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