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单词 tomahawked
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tomahawkedadj.

Brit. /ˈtɒməhɔːkt/, U.S. /ˈtɑməˌhɔkt/, /ˈtɑməˌhɑkt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: tomahawk v., -ed suffix1; tomahawk n., -ed suffix2.
Etymology: Partly (in sense 1) < tomahawk v. + -ed suffix1, and partly (in sense 2) < tomahawk n. + -ed suffix2.
1. That has been tomahawked (in various senses of tomahawk v.); esp. attacked, wounded, cut, or killed with a tomahawk.
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1793 Literary & Biogr. Mag. Aug. 228/2 The tomahawked Indian was found near the place where the boys had left him.
1866 X. D. Macleod Hist. Devotion to Blessed Virgin Mary ix. 196 A cabin, at the door of which the tomahawked priest had fallen.
1894 Fortn. Rev. 1 Aug. 179 He..is unwilling to be hard on anyone (unless the tomahawked person is utterly insignificant and not worth hearing), and insists that all criticisms shall be ‘kindly in tone’.
1899 Sydney Stock & Station Jrnl. 15 Aug. 8/5 This marking was..to enable the boss to find out the shearer of a tomahawked sheep.
1908 New Eng. Mag. Apr. 124/2 The oak door with a tomahawked hole through which the bullets sped to kill.
1954 Daily Herald (Provo, Utah) 5 Feb. Thar-that tomahawked tree marks the east corner o' yore farm.
2010 M. O. Logusz With Musket & Tomahawk I. xv. 174 Knifed, shot, and tomahawked corpses lay all the way from Fort George to Fort Edward.
2. Having a tomahawk; carrying or armed with a tomahawk.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > arming or equipping with weapons > [adjective] > with axe
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1895 K. Grahame Golden Age 5 A prairie studded with herds of buffalo, which it was our delight, moccasined and tomahawked, to ride down.
1927 Irish Monthly 55 161 The lithe-limbed company of tomahawked warriors.
1971 Camden (Arkansas) News 15 Sept. 16/5 The figure of John Smith—on the verge of having its head chopped off by a tomahawked Indian.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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