Poleaxe

//ˈpoʊlˌæks//

Synonyms for "poleaxe" (3 found)

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Noun(1 words)

Related words (1)

Verb(1 words)

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10 entries

Synonyms

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Translations

31 translations across 11 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • алебарда noun (battle axe)
  • брадва noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)
  • съсичам verb (to beat as if with a poleaxe)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 長柄斧 /长柄斧 noun (battle axe)

French

1 entries
  • hache d'armes noun (battle axe)

German

4 entries
  • Kriegsaxt noun (battle axe)
  • Schlachtbeil noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)
  • Schlachterbeil noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)
  • Streitaxt noun (battle axe)

Irish

1 entries
  • tua búistéara noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)

Italian

3 entries
  • mannaia noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)
  • mannaia noun (battle axe)
  • scure noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)

Old East Slavic

1 entries
  • топоръ noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries
  • ناجاق noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)
  • ناجاق noun (battle axe)

Polish

4 entries
  • topór noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)
  • topór bojowy noun (battle axe)
  • ogłuszać verb (to astonish, to shock)
  • ogłuszyć verb (to astonish, to shock)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • acha noun (battle axe)

Russian

4 entries
  • берды́ш noun (battle axe)
  • боево́й топо́р noun (battle axe)
  • по́лэкс noun (battle axe)
  • секи́ра noun (ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle)

Sample sentences

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He in the forefront, tallest of the tall, / poleaxe in hand, unhinging at a stroke / the brazen portals, made the doorway fall, / and wide-mouthed as a window, through the oak, / a panelled plank hewn out, a yawning rent he broke.

Source: tatoeba (6839909)

Lisa Griffin, who runs Brew Rock and an Irish pub in nearby Benidorm, was as poleaxed by the announcement as her customers were.

Source: wiktionary

After a lacklustre campaign that has failed to grapple with Germany’s looming problems, the world should expect post-election coalition talks to last for months, poleaxing European politics while they drag on.

Source: wiktionary

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