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A tool which,in it's shortened form,can be
used in one hand but needs two hands in the
lengthened form.
It consists of a wooden handle with a metal
head attached to its top.The head has a
sharpened face(sometimes two faces)in the
form of a blade and is used to chop and split
wood and to fell trees.
During Medieval times it was used as a weapon
of war in the two-headed form called a Battle
-Axe.
"To Axe"is also an expression used to mean
drastic reductions in,for example,public
expenditure,personnel or for the early ending
of projects.