# noun. - a tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle. * I started swinging the axe at the lumps of driftwood - a musical instrument, especially one played by a jazz or rock musician. * None
# verb. - end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly. * the company is axing 125 jobs - cut or strike with an axe, especially violently or destructively. * the door had been axed by the firefighters