Axing

//ˈæksɪŋ//

Synonyms for "axing" (42 found)

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Closest matches (9)

Noun(4 words)

ax boot chop cleaver

Verb(4 words)

ax can decruit dehire

Strong matches (12)

Verb(11 words)

discard discharge dismiss downsize fire give someone the boot give someone the heave-ho give someone the old heave-ho give someone their cards give the axe give the chop

eject

Related words (21)

Verb(16 words)

give the elbow lay off let go let someone go make redundant pink slip promote to customer remove retrench sack serve notice shit-can term terminate throw out unhire

guitar turn

Noun(3 words)

guitar pink slip sack

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Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

We're not axing Grandma out of the nursing home.

Source: tatoeba (689805)

The principal was axing students and teachers out of classrooms.

Source: tatoeba (689810)

The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.

Source: wiktionary

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