[{"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["an instrument with a bladed head on a handle or helve, used for hewing, cleaving, chopping, etc.", "Jazz Slang.any musical instrument.", "the ax,Informal.dismissal from employment:to get the ax.expulsion from school.rejection by a lover, friend, etc.:His girlfriend gave him the ax.any usually summary removal or curtailment.", "dismissal from employment:to get the ax.", "expulsion from school.", "rejection by a lover, friend, etc.:His girlfriend gave him the ax.", "any usually summary removal or curtailment."]}, {"Bold_text": "verb (used with object)", "List Items": ["to shape or trim with an ax.", "to chop, split, destroy, break open, etc., with an ax:The firemen had to ax the door to reach the fire.", "Informal.to dismiss, restrict, or destroy brutally, as if with an ax:The main office axed those in the field who didn't meet their quota. Congress axed the budget."]}, {"Bold_text": null, "List Items": ["variant of axi- axi-,especially before a vowel."]}, {"Bold_text": "abbreviation for", "List Items": ["axiom."]}]