Answer: axed

AnswerCrossword Clue
AXEDOff the payroll
AXEDSacked
AXEDBrought down, in a way
AXEDAbruptly dismissed
AXEDSplit, maybe
AXEDChopped down.
AXEDChopped.
AXEDCut down.
AXEDTrimmed with a hatchet.
AXEDFelled, as a tree.
AXEDHewn.
AXEDHewed.
AXEDDismissed: Slang.
AXEDGiven the gate
AXEDSmashed an ash
AXEDCut out of the budget
AXEDSplit a log
AXEDEmulated Lizzie Borden?
AXEDChopped
AXEDGave the gate to
AXEDDismissed
AXEDGot rid of, in a way
AXEDInvoluntarily out of a job
AXEDLaid off, as workers
AXEDDumped
AXEDIn a split way
AXEDReduced drastically
AXEDBrought down, as a tree
AXEDEighty-sixed
AXEDInvoluntarily let go
AXEDMore than laid off
AXEDFired, informally
AXEDSplit, as logs
AXEDDispensed with
AXEDGave a pink slip
axedremove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)
axedto shape, dress, or trim with an ax
axedAX, to chop with a cutting tool
axedchop, split, or sever with an ax
AXEDCancelled