axing
Hewing with blade
Axing is removing, cutting, or terminating—from the tool that chops.
A company axes jobs during layoffs.
A network axes a show that underperforms.
A budget committee axes programs to reduce spending.
The whole department got axed.
The spelling axeing also appears, particularly in British English.
Terminating employment
- dismissalRemoval from position
- layoffTermination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
- sackingDismissal from employment
pink slip · downsizing · workforce reduction · severance · cutback · retrenchment · restructuring · letting go
Small one-handed chopper
- chopperRotorcraft or cleaver
- splittingDividing into parts
- cleavingDividing by cutting
- bladeFlat cutting edge
handle · sharpening · whetstone · adze · swing · chop · hack · hew
Dividing via sharp edge
- scrappingDiscarding as worthless
- abolishingFormally ending something
- cancelingRevoking a prior arrangement
- discontinuingEnding ongoing activity
ending · removing · killing · dropping · ditching · shelving · slashing · nixing
Severs or reduces
- reductionMaking something smaller
- trimmingCutting away excess
- slashingCutting with force
- austerityEnforced economic stringency
savings · pruning · paring · curtailing · economizing · belt-tightening · spending cuts · fiscal
firing
Terminating employment
- dismissalRemoval from position
- layoffTermination without cause
- redundancyNeedless duplication
sacking · pink slip · downsizing · workforce reduction · severance · cutback · retrenchment · restructuring · letting go · discharge
hatchet
Small one-handed chopper
blade · handle · sharpening · whetstone · adze · swing · chop · hack · hew · strike
cutting
Dividing via sharp edge
- scrappingDiscarding as worthless
- abolishingFormally ending something
- cancelingRevoking a prior arrangement
discontinuing · ending · removing · killing · dropping · ditching · shelving · slashing · nixing · pulling the plug
cuts
Severs or reduces
austerity · savings · pruning · paring · curtailing · economizing · belt-tightening · spending cuts · fiscal · cost-cutting
- cancellationsflight cancellation, trip cancellation, contract cancellation, calling off, annulment
- cutbackscutback, cutbacks, decrease, layoff, reduction
- reducingshrinking, lessening, diminishing, decreasing, cutting back
- expulsionsejection, ousting, expelling, forcing out, eviction
- phasing outphasing out, sunsetting, discontinuing, retiring, deprecating
- destructiondestruction, destroying, demolishing, devastation, ruination
axinghiring
Giving someone work
employing · recruiting · retaining · keeping · onboarding
axingincluding
Containing as part
adding · keeping · retaining · reinstating · incorporating
axingfunding
Supplying monetary resources
expanding · increasing · launching · creating · establishing