ax
[verb]
Synonyms: dismiss, boot (out), bounce, can, cashier, discharge, fire, kick out, sack, terminate

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

I. axe¹ (also ax American English) /æks/ noun [countable]

1. a tool with a heavy metal blade on the end of a long handle, used to cut down trees or split pieces of wood ⇒ pickaxe

2. the axe informal if someone gets the axe, they are dismissed from their job:
100 workers are facing the axe in a cost-cutting exercise.

3. the axe informal if a plan, system, or service gets the axe, someone gets rid of it:
MPs know there will be cuts in public spending but do not know on which department the axe will fall.

4. have an axe to grind to have a strong personal opinion about something which is the reason why you do something:
I need objective advice from someone with no axe to grind.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. axe² (also ax American English) verb [transitive]

1. to suddenly dismiss someone from their job:
There are plans to axe 2,600 staff.

2. to get rid of a plan, system, or service, especially in order to save money:
TV’s longest running show is to be axed.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲