axed

[akst]

adjective

1. suddenly eliminated, as a job, role, or plan.

2. suddenly removed, eliminated, or cut, as a television program, movie, album, etc.

3. cut down, with or as if with an axe.

Example Sentences

The department’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion bureau was axed and so were the department’s Emergency incident technicians, who played a key role in coordinating responses to fires.

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Disaster-prone Louisiana last year axed a requirement for rate increases to be approved by regulators, to try to attract more insurers to the state, only to this year impose fresh controls.

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During his early years as leader, Xi axed dozens of generals and replaced them with officers whom he considered to be more professional and politically reliable.

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She kept her long-term temp job at Deutsche Bank throughout that first season, wanting to ensure she could make her rent if the show got axed.

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Along the way, he quietly stopped providing Congress with information on spending, leaving legislators in the dark on whether programs were being axed.

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