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axe murder

vb. (alternative form of axe-murder English)

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Axe murder

An axe murder is a murder in which the victim was struck and killed by an axe or hatchet.

Usage examples of "axe murder".

Making sure there was nothing that might give rise to a midnight axe murder.

When I walked into my foyer after my trip to New York City, though, a scene so shocking enveloped me that, word of honor, I thought an axe murder had happened there.