axe

hakata kirveellä

kirves

karsia, vähentää, lakkauttaa A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
puhekieltä A dismissal or rejection.

His girlfriend/boss/schoolmaster gave him the axe.

I had a job in the great North Woods

Workin' as a cook for a spell.

But I never did like it all that much

And one day the axe just fell.

A financial dealer has an axe in a stock that his buyers don't know about, giving him an advantage in making the most profit.

Those stocks are losing value quickly; he's axed to sell now before they drop even lower.