axe

a tool with a heavy blade fixed at right angles to the end of a long handle, used for chopping wood or in war

hacha

• an axe

Collocations axe handle · axe blade

• He used an axe to chop wood for the fire.

  Usó una hacha para cortar leña para la chimenea.

the power or right of a government, organization, etc. to make decisions and enforce rules

autoridad, poder

• have the axe over somebody/something

Collocations axe over · wield an axe

• The government has the axe over all public services.

  El gobierno tiene el poder sobre todos los servicios públicos.

to cut down or remove something, especially a tree or part of an organization

cortar, eliminar

• [transitive], T + obj

Collocations axe a budget · axe a project

• The company decided to axe the advertising campaign.

  La empresa decidió eliminar la campaña publicitaria.