At one time we were enemies, but we've buried the hatchet and we are now on friendly terms with each other.
Source: tatoeba (27759)
Hatchet
//ˈhæt͡ʃɪt//
Synonyms for "hatchet" (60 found)
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Closest matches (12)
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Related words (30)
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13 entriesis a
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10 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 51 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- latë noun (small axe)
Bulgarian
2 entries- брадвичка noun (small axe)
- томахавка noun (small axe)
Catalan
2 entries- destral noun (small axe)
- destraló noun (small axe)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- تەور noun (small axe)
Chamicuro
1 entries- ame noun (small axe)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 斧子 noun (small axe)
- 斧頭 /斧头 noun (small axe)
Czech
3 entries- sekera noun (small axe)
- sekerka noun (small axe)
- sekyra noun (small axe)
Dutch
2 entries- bijl noun (small axe)
- handbijl noun (small axe)
Esperanto
1 entries- hakileto noun (small axe)
Finnish
2 entries- kirves noun (small axe)
- pikkukirves noun (small axe)
French
1 entries- hachette noun (small axe)
Galician
3 entries- brosa noun (small axe)
- machada noun (small axe)
- macheta noun (small axe)
Georgian
1 entries- ნაჯახი noun (small axe)
German
1 entries- Beil noun (small axe)
Hindi
2 entries- तवर noun (small axe)
- परशु noun (small axe)
Hungarian
1 entries- szekerce noun (small axe)
Irish
1 entries- tua noun (small axe)
Italian
1 entries- accetta noun (small axe)
Japanese
1 entries- 斧 noun (small axe)
Lao
1 entries- ຂວານ noun (small axe)
Latin
1 entries- securicula noun (small axe)
Macedonian
2 entries- се́кирче noun (small axe)
- томаха́вка noun (small axe)
Mazanderani
1 entries- تاشه noun (small axe)
Mingrelian
1 entries- არგუნი noun (small axe)
Māori
4 entries- panehe noun (small axe)
- pānekeneke noun (small axe)
- pātītī noun (small axe)
- pīauau noun (small axe)
Navajo
1 entries- tsénił yázhí noun (small axe)
Occitan
1 entries- destral noun (small axe)
Old English
1 entries- handæx noun (small axe)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- بالطه noun (small axe)
- تبر noun (small axe)
- فاس noun (small axe)
- مكشاح noun (small axe)
Persian
1 entries- تیشه noun (small axe)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Akjs noun (small axe)
- Biel (nds) noun (small axe)
Polabian
1 entries- bordåińă noun (small axe)
Polish
1 entries- toporek noun (small axe)
Portuguese
1 entries- machadinha noun (small axe)
Romanian
2 entries- bardă noun (small axe)
- toporișcă noun (small axe)
Russian
3 entries- томага́вк noun (small axe)
- топо́р noun (small axe)
- топо́рик noun (small axe)
Sanskrit
1 entries- परशु noun (small axe)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- làmh-thuagh noun (small axe)
Sicilian
1 entries- cugnateḍḍa noun (small axe)
Sindhi
1 entries- ڪھاڙي noun (small axe)
Slovak
1 entries- sekera noun (small axe)
Slovene
1 entries- sekira noun (small axe)
Spanish
4 entries- destral noun (small axe)
- hacha noun (small axe)
- macheta noun (small axe)
- segureja noun (small axe)
Tagalog
1 entries- puthaw noun (small axe)
Thai
1 entries- ขวาน noun (small axe)
Tibetan
1 entries- སྟ་རེ noun (small axe)
Turkish
2 entries- balta noun (small axe)
- nacak noun (small axe)
Welsh
1 entries- llawfwyell noun (small axe)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- karrgeen noun (small axe)
Yiddish
1 entries- העקל noun (small axe)
Yola
1 entries- hatcheat noun (small axe)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
The owners brought in a hatchet man to fire all the union sympathizers.
Source: tatoeba (65127)
After countless burials of the hatchet, we always dig it up again. There doesn't seem to be any sign of an ever-lasting peace.
Source: tatoeba (66538)
At long last, the two chiefs of the Indian tribes have decided to bury the hatchet and smoke the peace pipe.
Source: tatoeba (181732)
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