What does axe-murder mean?
Axe-murder means To murder (someone) with an axe..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
To murder (someone) with an axe..
So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict.
As it turned out, Mrs. Talbot was a perfectly nice woman, and the students she axe-murdered for her unholy rituals weren't close acquaintances anyway.
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Axe-murder means To murder (someone) with an axe..
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So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict.
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