axing

/ˈæksɪŋ/

noun 2

Collocations

ADJ.

principal

AXING + NOUN

grandma, students, teachers

PREP.

out

Definitions

noun

An assault carried out with an axe.

The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.

The process of something being axed or terminated.

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Example Bank

The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.

Wiktionary

We're not axing Grandma out of the nursing home.

Tatoeba · #689805

The principal was axing students and teachers out of classrooms.

Tatoeba · #689810

Usage Notes

i Register

In some senses, axing is marked as figuratively. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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