ax
noun
an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.
had axed
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past perfectof ax.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The theatre, which has a 138-year history, announced on Wednesday it had axed its programme beyond March as it had lost Arts Council England funding.
From BBC ● Feb. 3, 2023
On this point, if perhaps only on this point, Stelter was in agreement with the CNN executives who had axed Reliable Sources after 30 years and precipitated the host’s departure from the network.
From Slate ● Aug. 23, 2022
I laughed at random items, like a 1968 letter from a city project manager who assured Steinbrueck that the city had axed plans for a Pike Place Market ice skating rink.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 17, 2021
The BBC recently announced that it had axed David Baddiel's Radio 4 panel show Don't Make Me Laugh.
From US News ● Oct. 7, 2016
We’d needed supplies bad and was out of credit at the store and hadn’t had near nothing to eat in days, so Pap had axed Miss Tanner for some work.
From "The Journey of Little Charlie" by Christopher Paul Curtis
