1. An axe used to slaughter cattle; has a hammer opposite the blade
   - poleax [US] 
2. A battle axe used in the Middle Ages; a long handled axe and a pick
   - poleax [US]

1. Fell with or as if with a poleax
   - poleax [US]

Derived forms: poleaxing, poleaxes

Type of: ax [US], axe [Brit, Cdn], battle-ax [US], battle-axe, cut down, drop, fell, strike down

Encyclopedia: Poleaxe

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• unstarred
• prestigious
• prestigiousness
• prestissimo
• presto
• Preston
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• presumable
• presumably
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• presumptuously