Axe
Axe verb - Chop or split with an ax.
Ruin
Ruin verb - To cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts.
How words are described
| particular | particular axe | particular ruin |
| short | short axe | short ruin |
| powerful | powerful axe | powerful ruin |
| real | real axe | real ruin |
| Other adjectives: massive, big, great, personal, ancient, new, bloody, nearby, giant, magical. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Difficult but Awesome: Most people take the fire axe and run off if they get Atmospheric Technician because of the complicated, not-all-that-intuitive system, but if you know what you're doing you can either save or catastrophically ruin the entire station.
Source: Video Game / Space Station 13 -
No matter how bad ass an adventurer is, an axe to their head will ruin their whole day.
Source: Tabletop Game / RuneQuest -
An Axe to Grind: When Stinky Pete sees that Woody and his pals are going to ruin his trip to Japan, he breaks out the (pick)axe... Animated Actors: The "Hilarious Outtakes" in the credits.
Source: Western Animation / Toy Story 2
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