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axe murder

American  
[aks mur-der] / ˈæks ˈmɜr dər /

noun

plural

axe murders

  1. the act of committing homicide with an axe or similar weapon (often used rhetorically as the archetype of a violent crime).

verb (used with object)

axe murdered, axe murdering

  1. to commit homicide using an axe (sometimes used nonliterally for morbidly humorous effect).

Other Word Forms

  • axe murderer noun

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