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View synonyms for battle-ax
battle-ax
or bat·tle-axe
[ bat-l-aks ]
noun
- a broadax formerly used as a weapon of war.
- Slang. a domineering, aggressive, sharp-tempered person, especially a woman.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of battle-ax1
1350–1400; Middle English batelax
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Example Sentences
The crusty conservative battle-ax Phyllis Schlafly is giving speeches saying that Obama worships government like a god.
From The Daily Beast
He pleaded for his life, but it had no effect upon the Fire Eater, who shortly arose and approached him with his battle-ax.
From Project Gutenberg
Another day he exercised the battle-ax, which he so dextrously wielded that he was passed knight of arms in the field.
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He looks as though 'he would rush out with a battle-ax on his shoulder to meet a chariot.'
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Similar to this is another, "To use a battle-ax to cut off a hen's head."
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Tulubin, the next pueblo to Ambawan, and only an hour from it, uses almost solely the Baliwang battle-ax.
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