as in sacked
to let go from office, service, or employment
the boss will ax anyone who leaks company secrets
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Recent Examples of axed
Chicagoans will remember how Garry McCarthy, Chicago police superintendent under Mayor Rahm Emanuel, challenged Emanuel for mayor after Emanuel axed McCarthy.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
These services, which help make up 30% of the food bank’s purchasing budget, have been axed.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2025
Regardless of whether the tree is burnt down, axed, or damaged, the root mother will continue to send up new shoots.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Scripted originals were largely axed at TBS and other TNets under the David Zaslav regime at WBD.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Now it may get axed, via Nicole Nixon California state workers protest return-to-office order.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Jace Flatt, a health and behavioral scientist at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, has had two NIH grants axed, for projects looking at dementia and memory loss in aging LGBTQ populations.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Channel 4 has axed Ben Wheately’s zombie comedy horror Generation Z after one season.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
If the institutional enhancement fund is axed, Texan universities will have to find new sources of funding or make cuts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2025
These services, which help make up 30% of the food bank’s purchasing budget, have been axed.
—Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2025
Regardless of whether the tree is burnt down, axed, or damaged, the root mother will continue to send up new shoots.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
Scripted originals were largely axed at TBS and other TNets under the David Zaslav regime at WBD.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 21 Mar. 2025
Now it may get axed, via Nicole Nixon California state workers protest return-to-office order.
—William Melhado, Sacramento Bee, 14 Mar. 2025
Jace Flatt, a health and behavioral scientist at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, has had two NIH grants axed, for projects looking at dementia and memory loss in aging LGBTQ populations.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 14 Mar. 2025
Channel 4 has axed Ben Wheately’s zombie comedy horror Generation Z after one season.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Mar. 2025
If the institutional enhancement fund is axed, Texan universities will have to find new sources of funding or make cuts.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for axed
Verb
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Switching to Bournemouth removed Adams from the frenzy and bright lights that surround Leeds.—
Felipe Cardenas,
The Athletic,
24 Dec. 2024
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Though once common in the Atlantic, gray whales were hunted and removed from that ocean about 300 years ago—and only five or so have been seen in the last 15 years there and in the Mediterranean.—
Danielle Hall,
Smithsonian Magazine,
24 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Reportedly, Jane Doe voluntarily dismissed her case with prejudice — meaning the suit is legally prevented from being refiled.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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In their petition, Read's lawyers said the judge did not give counsel for either side the opportunity to speak and dismissed the jury without asking them if they were locked on all charges or any charges individually.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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In addition to being put behind bars, Cummins was also fired from his teaching job, and his wife filed for divorce.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
15 Mar. 2025
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Then a 22-year-old woman pulled a handgun and fired shots before a male with her also pulled a gun and fired shots at the victim, police said.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Tudor retired in 1979 and is now 78.—
Chris Waugh,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
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Parker retired on the first day of WNBA training camp, and the Aces announced the news not even three minutes before Stewart’s first media scrum of the season.—
Chantel Jennings,
The Athletic,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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He was released from prison in October 2019.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 Jan. 2025
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Judging by the nearly 45 minutes of trailers and assorted promotional material that have been released to date, Kojima is doubling down on everything that made the original such a brilliant, odd classic.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
8 Jan. 2025
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“Axed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/axed. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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