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Definition of hatchet job in English: hatchet jobnoun informal A fierce written attack on someone or their work. she does hatchet jobs, not reviews Example sentencesExamples - Lucy's desire to write a book is buffered by the total hatchet job she does on her husband and friends.
- During that bout, he did a hatchet job book on C.S. Lewis, wrote any number of inane diatribes against theism in general and Christianity in particular.
- The score and dialogue suffer from the usual hatchet job on the highs and lows, leaving the music sounding a bit on the harsh side.
- I hesitate even to call it a review - hatchet job is more like it.
- His tirade in today's Herald Sun was a complete hatchet job on him.
Synonyms savage, attack, lambaste, condemn, criticize severely, flay, shoot down, pillory, revile informal jump on, tear to pieces, take to pieces, take/pull apart, lay into, pitch into, hammer, slam, bash, crucify, give something a battering, roast, skewer, throw brickbats at, knock British informal slate, rubbish, slag off North American informal bad-mouth, pummel Australian/New Zealand informal trash, bag, monster, give someone bondi archaic excoriate, slash
Definition of hatchet job in US English: hatchet jobnounˈhaCHət ˌjäbˈhætʃət ˌdʒɑb informal A fierce attack on someone or their work, especially in print. the author's attempted hatchet job on the judge was totally unjustified and irresponsible Example sentencesExamples - During that bout, he did a hatchet job book on C.S. Lewis, wrote any number of inane diatribes against theism in general and Christianity in particular.
- I hesitate even to call it a review - hatchet job is more like it.
- Lucy's desire to write a book is buffered by the total hatchet job she does on her husband and friends.
- His tirade in today's Herald Sun was a complete hatchet job on him.
- The score and dialogue suffer from the usual hatchet job on the highs and lows, leaving the music sounding a bit on the harsh side.
Synonyms savage, attack, lambaste, condemn, criticize severely, flay, shoot down, pillory, revile
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