Axe-murder

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To murder (someone) with an axe.

    "So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict."

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"So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict."

Etymology

From axe + murder or Back-formation from axe-murderer.

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