Hatchet
One-handed chopping tool
A hatchet is a small axe designed for one-handed use, with a short handle and a head meant for chopping or splitting.
It's lighter than an axe and useful for tasks like trimming branches or splitting kindling.
To bury the hatchet is to end a conflict and make peace.
A hatchet job is a harsh, damaging attack—usually verbal or written.
A hatchet man does someone else's dirty work, especially firing employees or destroying reputations.
Indigenous hand axe
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- throwingPropelling by arm motion
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
- attackAggressive act against another
defense · melee · Native American · Viking · battle · raiding · warrior · tactical
Bladed tool for chopping
- choppingCutting into pieces
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- handlePart for gripping
- woodTree-derived building material
splitting · kindling · firewood · wedge · edge · swing · cut · hickory
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- campingOutdoor recreational lodging
- shelterProtected place or structure
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
- outdoorsIn open air
firecraft · backpacking · primitive · emergency · kit · gear · essential · forest
Masculine given name
- survivalRemaining alive against odds
- BrianTraditional Irish male name
- novelNew and unusual
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
young adult · plane crash · Canadian · adventure · coming-of-age · stranded · moose · porcupine
tomahawk
Indigenous hand axe
attack · defense · melee · Native American · Viking · battle · raiding · warrior · tactical · military
axe
Bladed tool for chopping
wood · splitting · kindling · firewood · wedge · edge · swing · cut · hickory · head
wilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- campingOutdoor recreational lodging
- shelterProtected place or structure
- bushcraftWilderness survival skill set
outdoors · firecraft · backpacking · primitive · emergency · kit · gear · essential · forest · trapping
Gary
Masculine given name
wilderness · young adult · plane crash · Canadian · adventure · coming-of-age · stranded · moose · porcupine · tornado
bury
Place beneath soil
- grudgePersistent resentment toward someone
- reconcileResolve a disagreement
- peaceFreedom from disturbance
feud · forgive · truce · dispute · conflict · resolution · animosity · settle · amends · quarrel
- Horror FilmsThe Exorcist, Halloween, The Shining, Friday the 13th, Night of the Living Dead
- Adventure BooksTreasure Island, Robinson Crusoe, The Hobbit, Swiss Family Robinson, The Three Musketeers
- CastawaysRobinson Crusoe, castaway, Gilligan, shipwreck, stranded
- nature booksanimal stories, White Fang, Walden, field guides, The Lorax
- survival storiesescape story, wilderness survival, shipwreck tales, shipwreck, sea survival
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, bedtime stories, Harry Potter
Hatchetfelling axe
Tool for cutting trees
broadaxe · splitting maul · battle axe · chainsaw · axe
- bury the hatchetEnd hostilities formally
- buried the hatchetSettled a dispute peacefully
- down the hatchCasual drinking toast
- burying the hatchetEnding hostilities permanently
- escape hatchEmergency exit opening
- hatchet jobDeliberately damaging criticism