A tool for felling trees or chopping wood consisting of a heavy, most commonly metallic head flattened to a blade on one side, and which is attached to a usually wooden handle.
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
terminate, as of a project or a program; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
chop or split with an ax, as of wood
terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
