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ax

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of AX

the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily <the company was hemorrhaging money, so 700 employees would soon be given the ax>
Synonyms ax (or axe), discharge, dismissal, furlough, redundancy [chiefly British]

Variants of AX

ax or axe

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