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axes

[ak-seez] / ˈæk siz /
NOUN
large cutting tool
Synonyms


VERB
cut with large blade
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




Example Sentences

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He remembers using ice axes to climb in the winter when he was only 15.

From The Wall Street Journal

Up to several hundred trucks can be escorted at a time, but even with the military by their side, convoys are still frequently targeted, especially on two key southern axes.

From Barron's

We fled late at night to stay at the house of a friend who lived nearby, returning the next morning for the included breakfast of Johnny Cakes shaped like axes.

From Salon

No axes were ground in the making of “Mr. Scorsese.”

From Los Angeles Times

But Neil and the chrome hearts would also swap their axes for acoustic guitars.

From Salon