axe-murder

See also: axe murder

English

Alternative forms

• axe murder

Etymology

axe +‎ murder or Back-formation from axe-murderer.

Verb

axe-murder (third-person singular simple present axe-murders, present participle axe-murdering, simple past and past participle axe-murdered)

1. To murder (someone) with an axe.
   • 1976 September 20, NEA London Economist News Service, “Touchy Issue: How Should U.S. Define Its Allies”, in Gadsden Times‎^[1]:

     So […] the macabre episode of the two Americans axe-murdered […] became another chapter in the bloody annals of the Korean conflict.

   • 2004, Jeff Strand, Out of Whack‎^[2], page 21:

     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.