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Answer : AXED
ax, axe – v
terminate; “The NSF axed the research program and stopped funding it”
SYNONYMS
bounced, canned, cashiered, discharged, dismissed, fired, mustered out, pink-slipped, released, removed, retired, sacked, terminated, turned off, booted (out), chucked (out), drummed (out)
EXAMPLES
“The shipbuilding yards of La Seyne have, however, been axed, closing the book on a centuries-old and at times notorious industry.”
“Tracy-Ann Oberman Wednesday June 28, 2006 The Guardian Top of The Pops is to be axed, screamed the headlines last week.”
“Lindsay Lohan was reportedly axed from this film because she is “…not bankable.””
1670s, “to shape or cut with an axe,” from axe (n.). Figurative meaning “to remove” (a person, from a position), “severely reduce” (expenses) is recorded by 1922. The axe in figurative sense of cutting of anything (expenses, workers, etc.), especially as a cost-saving measure, is from 1922, probably from the notion of the headman’s literal axe (attested from mid-15c.). Related: Axed; axing.
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