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ax

verb as in dismiss

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Modeling based on the skewed-high axis-ratio distribution shows that the ratio of the shortest to the longest of their three axes is, on average, half and increases with spatial compactness.

His history suggests, however, that given the go-ahead he will gleefully take a meat ax to the program.

From Salon

Much of the wood was hand-sawn then hewed into shape with axes, just as the beams were in the 13th century.

From BBC

Trump is unlikely to ax a program that will produce economic benefits across the country, in congressional districts red and blue.

Even worse, Kalmus said, Trump and his economic adviser Tesla CEO Elon Musk are going to take the ax to countless unrelated science initiatives that run afoul of their political positions.

From Salon

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

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