tomahawked
Chopped with force
Tomahawked means struck or killed with a tomahawk—a light axe used as a tool and weapon by Indigenous peoples of North America.
The word appears in historical accounts of frontier violence: The settlers were tomahawked in the raid.
In sports, especially hockey and lacrosse, tomahawked describes a powerful overhead chopping motion with a stick: He tomahawked the puck into the net.
Throw with great force
- flingForceful toss, or tryst
- tossLight, casual throw
- spinningRevolving around an axis
- rotationTurning on an axis
arc · trajectory · target · accuracy · distance · lodge · embed · stick
Original inhabitants of America
- Plains tribesIndigenous groups of grasslands
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- warfareArmed conflict between groups
hunting · ceremonial · artifact · cultural · historical · tribal · warrior · raiding
Handheld striking weapon
- bladeFlat cutting edge
- handlePart for gripping
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- fightingEngaging in physical conflict
melee · close-quarters · lethal · deadly · raiding · scalping · frontier · colonial
cleave
Split or adhere
hew · slash · embed · lodge · buried · skull · struck · blow · swing · impact
hurl
Throw with great force
rotation · arc · trajectory · target · accuracy · distance · lodge · embed · stick · flight
Native American
Original inhabitants of America
- Plains tribesIndigenous groups of grasslands
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
warfare · hunting · ceremonial · artifact · cultural · historical · tribal · warrior · raiding · frontier
war club
Handheld striking weapon
fighting · melee · close-quarters · lethal · deadly · raiding · scalping · frontier · colonial · military
dunk
Briefly submerge in liquid
power · dominant · forceful · emphatic · basketball · volleyball · blocked · rejected · swatted · crushed
ribeye
Tender marbled steak cut
presentation · dramatic · restaurant · butcher · prime · marbled · aged · plating · carving · tableside
- tomahawk steakLong-boned ribeye cut
- tomahawk missileAmerican long-range cruise weapon
- tomahawk chopCrowd gesture mimicking axe swing
- tomahawk dunkOne-arm overhead basketball slam
- tomahawk throwHurling a small axe
- tomahawk throwingSport of hurling hatchets