hatchet
Example Sentences
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One of Chin On’s heavies carried a hatchet and, in Sweeney Todd fashion, was “never hesitant to turn an enemy of the family into human pork.”
From New York Times
The guests are a bundle of nerves when they arrive, still reeling from Logan’s death and their subsequent hurried, haphazard burying of various hatchets.
From New York Times
“MAGA House Republicans are holding the American economy hostage in order to take a hatchet to programs Americans rely on every day to make ends meet,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre.
From Washington Times
He kept a social worker out of the home, attacked the boys with a hatchet and set fire to the house.
From Seattle Times
“MAGA House Republicans are holding the American economy hostage in order to take a hatchet to programs Americans rely on every day to make ends meet.”
From Washington Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
