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Poleaxe
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Verb
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Poleaxe
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1. another term for battle-axe (sense 1)
2.
a former naval weapon with an axe blade on one side of the handle and a spike on the other
3.
an axe used by butchers to slaughter animals
verb
4. (transitive)
to hit or fell with or as if with a poleaxe
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Poleaxe
see synonyms of poleaxen.
1. An axe having a hammer face opposite the blade, used to slaughter cattle.
2. A medieval battle-axe consisting of a long shaft ending in an axe or a combination of an axe, hammer, and pick.
tr.v. pole·axed, pole·ax·ing, pole·ax·es
To strike or fell with or as if with a poleaxe: "When a gang of doves circled above the flowing water and swooped in to feed, he poleaxed the leader with a clean head shot" (William Hoffman).
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