Tomahawk (Verb)
Meaning 1
Cut with a tomahawk.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The lumberjack expertly used a long-handled axe to tomahawk through the thick tree trunk.
- To survive, she had to tomahawk her way through the dense underbrush.
- He swung the tomahawk, using its curved edge to chop through the knots of the old tree.
- As a wilderness guide, he knew how to tomahawk a straight line through fallen branches and leaves.
- Using a sharp tomahawk, he continued to tomahawk deep into the overgrown forest.
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Meaning 2
Kill with a tomahawk.
Classification
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.
Examples
- The Native American warrior was known to tomahawk his enemies with swift and deadly precision.
- He used the blunt side to bludgeon his foe and then attempted to tomahawk the man's skull with the sharp edge.
- Her ancestors were infamous for their brutal tactics, including those who would tomahawk anyone who dared to cross their path.
- The legendary frontiersman was said to have tomahawked a bear that attacked him during his travels through the wilderness.
- Historians documented that soldiers were tomahawked by the opposing tribe in a fierce battle that lasted for hours.