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noun
Agent noun of axe murder: one who axe murders; one who murders using an axe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: agent, form-of
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noun
Any incredibly dangerous person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From axe + murderer. It may possibly have entered the lexicon after the axe murders of Villisca, Iowa, which happened in 1912.
