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End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly

To end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly

To cut or chop down

To reduce in quantity, extent or price, especially drastically

To chop off, especially with an ax

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle

The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave a place or position

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Verb

End, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly

pull the plug on

knock something on the head

bring to an end

throw on the scrapheap

bring to a halt

declare null and void

ax^US

put the kibosh on

throw overboard

turn your back on

bring to a close

reduce drastically

bring to a conclusion

bring to an untimely end

call it quits on

put a line through

render null and void

wipe off the map

wipe off the face of the earth

wipe from the face of the earth

declare invalid

take the life of

make ineffective

end the life of

bring to naught

give someone the works

terminate with extreme prejudice

remove all traces of

blow someone's brains out

get off the hook

cause the death of

render meaningless

bring to screeching halt

make null and void

call all bets off

wipe off face of earth

destroy root and branch

wipe slate clean

go back on your word

turn thumbs down

fly in the face of

drive underground

give something a miss

render needless

put to the sword

send to the gas chambers

ethnically cleanse

send to kingdom come

close one's doors to

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“The scale of the crisis facing Yorkshire schools emerged last night, with more than 250 teaching jobs to be axed following a Government-funding fiasco.”

Verb

To end, cancel, or dismiss suddenly and ruthlessly

give someone his

give someone the boot

give someone the bullet

give someone the sack

give the boot to

give the bullet to

give the heave-ho

give someone their cards

give someone the push

give the old heave-ho

give the push to

give someone their marching orders

ax^US

give someone their notice

give walking papers

remove from office

hand walking papers

declare redundant

give someone the pink slip

give the sack to

give marching orders

throw out on your ear

run out of town

give the bum's rush

deprive of office

give a pink slip

give someone the big E

ride out on rail

give someone his or her walking papers

give one's cards

give bum's rush

relieve of duty

give someone their P45

throw someone out on their ear

show the gate to

force to retire

sever connections

put out to grass

force to give up work

put out to pasture

see the back of

give someone the air

step into the shoes of

knock out of place

knock out of position

change the position of

take the place of

put out of place

move out of place

remove from power

bring about the downfall of

put somewhere else

assume the office of

fill someone's boots

be subsequent to

step into someone's boots

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“500 staff were axed as part of a rationalization programme.”

Verb

To cut or chop down

ax^US

bring to the ground

knock to the ground

Verb

To reduce in quantity, extent or price, especially drastically

make cutbacks in

make reductions in

take the edge off

ax^US

take a nosedive

do an injustice to

not do justice to

go into a tailspin

set little store by

go through the floor

become narrower

set no store by

think too little of

make less active

make inroads into

become less intense

keep to a minimum

keep at a minimum

fail to appreciate

set too little store by

take the heat off

take the sting out

be precipitated

decrease in value

decline in price

make less strict

make less formal

lessen the impact of

soften the impact of

reduce the impact of

take for granted

make economies in

reduce wastage in

lose significance

decrease in importance

pale into insignificance

take a turn for the worse

go down the toilet

go to rack and ruin

become debilitated

go down the tubes

come apart at seams

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Verb

To chop off, especially with an ax

ax^US

reduce drastically

Noun

A tool used for chopping wood, typically of iron with a steel edge and wooden handle

ax^US

butcher's knife

“After the game finished, he was surprised to find the wooden handle of his axe had rotted.”

Noun

The act of ordering or allowing someone to leave a place or position

ax^US

the old heave-ho

marching orders

the order of the boot

permission to go

demobilization^US

demobilisation^UK

termination of employment

rationalization^US

rationalisation^UK

reduction in force

early retirement

ending of employment

discharge notice

excommunicating

disfellowshipment

disfellowshipping

excommunication

removal from office

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