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hatchet

noun as in ax

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There was hope after he dropped out that Trump might appoint someone more respectable to this important post and one who would be less likely to become his hatchet man.

From Salon

Trump also claimed the film was "fake" and a "hatchet job" released right before the 5 November vote "to try and hurt" his campaign.

From BBC

Fans know what to expect: hatchets crunching into limbs and scalps peeled like oranges.

It took Dole years to live down his image as a political hatchet man.

By 2015, it appeared as though the two had buried the hatchet, and in an ironic twist, she presented her “friend” West with the Video Vanguard Award at the VMAs.

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

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