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Give The Axe (Verb)

Terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position; "The boss fired his secretary today"; "The company terminated 25% of its workers".

Verbs of political and social activities and events.

The board of directors finally decided to give the axe to the underperforming CEO who had been running the company into the ground for years.
After being late to work every day for a month, John was given the axe by his frustrated manager.
The city's mayor had to give the axe to several high-ranking officials after a major corruption scandal was uncovered.
The struggling company had no choice but to give the axe to hundreds of employees in an effort to cut costs and stay afloat.
The football team's coach was given the axe after losing every game of the season.

Terminate a relationship abruptly; "Mary gave John the axe after she saw him with another woman".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The company gave the underperforming employee the axe after three months of poor performance reviews.
She gave him the axe after discovering the secret messages on his phone.
He thought he had found true love, but she gave him the axe the very next day.
After the cheating scandal, she gave him the axe and moved out of the apartment.
His girlfriend gave him the axe because of his constant lies and manipulation.