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Noun: battle-ax  batl aks
Usage: US (=battle-axe)
  1. A broadax used as a weapon
    - battle-axe
     
  2. A sharp-tongued domineering wife
    - battle-axe

Derived forms: battle-axes

Type of: broadax [US], broadaxe, married woman, wife

Part of: halberd, halbert

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