Axed
Both words in one sentence
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In 1981 the British Soap Opera Crossroads decided to refurbish its sets at about the same time that actress Noele Gordon was axed, and so her character Meg Richardson was written out in a fire, videotaped by burning the original sets in an empty studio backlot.
Source: Trash the Set - Most obvious is "Meet the Pyro", where the mood goes from whimsical (sunshine, lollipops, and rainbows) to horrific (fire, dying in a fire, being axed while on fire, being shot in the face with fire, and more fire) and back again.
Source: Mood Whiplash / Video Games
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Fire and Axed. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/axed/fire
Axed & Fire. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/axed/fire>.
Fire or Axed. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/axed/fire.
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