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axe
A	noun
	1	ax, axe
				an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚implement ╚tool ╚cutting implement ╚cutter; cutlery; cutting tool ╚edge tool ╚ax, axe ╚poleax; poleaxe ╚ice ax; ice axe; piolet ╚hatchet ╚fireman's ax; fireman's axe ╚double-bitted ax; double-bitted axe; Western ax; Western axe ╚common ax; common axe; Dayton ax; Dayton axe ╚broadax; broadaxe
B	verb
	1	ax, axe
				terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
		Category Tree: change; alter; modify ╚end; terminate ╚ax, axe
	2	axe, ax
				chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
		Category Tree: move; displace ╚separate; disunite; divide; part ╚cut ╚chop; hack ╚axe, ax

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axe
axe handle
axe head
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axerophthol
ax handle
ax head
axial
axially
axial motion
axial muscle

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