axing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of ax
2. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of axe

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)An assault carried out with an axe.

   “The sagas have more than their share of axings in the back, killings encompassed by treachery and trickery, narrated without accompanying moralizations.”

2. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)The process of something being axed or terminated.