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

For years its Focus model was the UK's most-popular, but the US company axed the hatchback and the last Ford Focus rolled off factory lines in Germany last week.

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When the show was axed mere days before production was set to begin, Brooks took it as a sign that her dream was dead.

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He made himself chairman of the boards of Fannie and Freddie, axed directors and executives and installed new leaders, some with little to no known experience in mortgage finance.

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Despite the record’s success, the bulk of their planned tour had to be axed because of poor ticket sales, leaving a reinvigorated Coverdale to reconstitute Whitesnake in 1994 with some new members.

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Several conservative lawmakers have called for the license fee to be axed, arguing it is an unfair tax and that people shouldn’t be forced to pay for the BBC.

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• sacked