axe-murder
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See also: axe murder
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From axe + murder or Back-formation from axe-murderer.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]axe-murder (third-person singular simple present axe-murders, present participle axe-murdering, simple past and past participle axe-murdered)
- To murder (someone) with an axe.
- 1976 September 20, NEA London Economist News Service, “Touchy Issue: How Should U.S. Define Its Allies”, in Gadsden Times[1]:
- So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict.
- 2004, Jeff Strand, Out of Whack[2], page 21:
- As it turned out, Mrs. Talbot was a perfectly nice woman, and the students she axe-murdered for her unholy rituals weren't close acquaintances anyway.