English to French Meaning of ax - hache

Ax :

hache

noun

hache, hache pôle

verb

réduire, minimiser, diminution, diminuer, hache, Couper, recueillir, hacher, tondre, rapetisser, délogeant, doux, abréger

Ax :: hacheAxed :: hacheAxes :: axesAxing :: axing

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Definitions of ax in English

Noun(1) a tool typically used for chopping wood, usually a steel blade attached at a right angle to a wooden handle.(2) a musical instrument, especially one played by a jazz or rock musician.
Verb(1) end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly.(2) cut or strike with an ax, especially violently or destructively.

Examples of ax in English

(1) Some had feared the committee would ax spending even more.(2) thirty workers are facing the ax in the assembly department(3) the candidates all promised to ax government spending(4) In the fireplace is a wood axe with the word ├ö├ç├┐burning├ö├ç├û inscribed on the handle.(5) They know how to bang riffs out of their axes well, but it tends to get buried beneath the mediocrity and predictability of their songwriting.(6) They kept on hitting one man with an axe handle and it was unbearable.(7) thirty staff are facing the axe at the Royal Infirmary(8) the Chancellor warned the cabinet to axe public spending(9) Perhaps the answer to the budget shortfall may lie in reviewing the number of higher paid managers who need to be employed, rather than axing frontline staff?(10) ├ö├ç├┐Low prices still talk├ö├ç┬¬ to lure customers we axed gift-set prices by up to 20 percent,├ö├ç├û she said.(11) Since the announcement in September 2002 that 400 jobs were to be axed over the next two years, more than 340 staff have come forward for voluntary redundancy.(12) At one point, all 10 multi-instrumentalists set down their axes in the middle of a piece and sang in gentle, unearthly harmony.(13) I got hit over the head with the axe handle and ended up in hospital.(14) Elsewhere, One.Tel - part of the giant Centrica group - has axed the cost of its broadband activation fee until the end of March.(15) Long-running soap Brookside was last night facing the axe after Channel 4 announced it was moving it from the peak-time evening slot.(16) Swinging it open, Uncle Noah burst into the room, looking for all the world like a firefighter who had just axed his way in.

Related Phrases of ax

(1) get the ax ::

obtenir la hache

Related Phrases of ax

(1) get the ax ::

obtenir la hache

Synonyms

Noun

1. hatchet ::

hachette

2. cleaver ::

couperet

3. tomahawk ::

tomahawk

4. adze ::

herminette

5. poleax ::

hache d'arme

6. broadax ::

Broadax

7. battle-ax ::

hache de combat

Verb

9. cancel ::

Annuler

10. withdraw ::

se désister

11. drop ::

laissez tomber

12. scrap ::

ferraille

13. discontinue ::

cesser

14. terminate ::

mettre fin

15. end ::

fin

16. ditch ::

fossé

17. dump ::

déverser

18. pull the plug on ::

retirer la fiche sur

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