hatchet job
a maliciously destructive critique or act: The special committee has done a hatchet job on the new proposal.
Origin of hatchet job
1- Also called ax job.
Words Nearby hatchet job
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How to use hatchet job in a sentence
This is not a hatchet job, and it certainly could have been.
A wonderful counterblast in The Times today to yesterday's extraordinary hatchet job on Cressida Bonas in the Mail.
The hatchet job quickly went viral, with the twitterverse agreeing that it was terribly funny and horrendously mean.
Guy Fieri Battles Scathing New York Times Review by Pete Wells | Katie Baker | November 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for hatchet job
informal a malicious or devastating verbal or written attack
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hatchet job
see hatchet man, def. 2.
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