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axe murder

axe murder is the alternative form of axe-murder.

Meaning of axe-murder

Verb

axe-murder (third-person singular simple present axe-murders, present participle axe-murdering, simple past and past participle axe-murdered)

  1. To murder (someone) with an axe.
    • So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict.1976 September 20, NEA London Economist News Service, “Touchy Issue: How Should U.S. Define Its Allies”, in Gadsden Times

Forms of axe murder

third-person singular presentaxe murders
present participleaxe murdering
past participleaxe murdered
pastaxe murdered

Questions about axe murder

What is axe murder the alternative form of?
Axe murder is the alternative form of axe-murder.

Words near axe murder in the dictionary

  1. axe bombs
  2. Axe Creek
  3. axe head
  4. axe heads
  5. axe kick
  6. axe murder
  7. axe murdered
  8. axe murderer
  9. axe murderers
  10. axe murdering
  11. axe murders

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