terminate; "The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it"
chop or split with an ax; "axe wood"
an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle
CASTASIDE
EXPEL
eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"
cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"
remove from a position or office; "The chairman was ousted after he misappropriated funds"
force to leave or move out; "He was expelled from his native country"
FIRE
drive out or away by or as if by fire; "The soldiers were fired"; "Surrender fires the cold skepticism"
the act of firing weapons or artillery at an enemy; "hold your fire until you can see the whites of their eyes"; "they retreated in the face of withering enemy fire"
provide with fuel; "Oil fires the furnace"
a fireplace in which a relatively small fire is burning; "they sat by the fire and talked"
terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position;
intense adverse criticism; "Clinton directed his fire at the Republican Party"; "the government has come under attack"; "don't give me any flak"
the event of something burning (often destructive); "they lost everything in the fire"
a severe trial; "he went through fire and damnation"
feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor"
the process of combustion of inflammable materials producing heat and light and (often)