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Noun: ax (axes)  aks
Usage: US (=axe)
  1. An edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
    - axe [Brit, Cdn]
Verb: ax  aks
Usage: US (=axe)
  1. Chop or split with an ax
    "ax wood"
    - axe [Brit, Cdn]
     
  2. Terminate
    "they will ax the research program"
    - axe [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: chop, edge tool, end, hack, terminate

Encyclopedia: Ax