Answer: axing

AnswerCrossword Clue
AXINGHanding out pink slips
AXINGJob for a logger
AXINGLumberman's activity
AXINGAction for Bunyan
AXINGCutting out
AXINGCutting down
AXINGCanner's activity
AXINGDownsizing, so to speak
AXINGCanner's job
AXINGGiving a pink slip
AXINGHewing
AXINGDownsizer's task
AXINGCutting from the payroll
AXINGPersonnel director's task
AXINGPersonnel task
AXINGCanceling
axingAX, to chop with a cutting tool
axingremove abruptly (as from employment or from a budget)
axingchop, split, or sever with an ax
axingto shape, dress, or trim with an ax
AXINGTree work
AXINGGiving the pink slip
AXINGMaking staff cuts
AXINGPersonnel job
AXINGFiring
AXINGPink-slipping
AXINGGiving the old heave-ho
AXINGTaking off the payroll
AXINGTerminating
AXINGGiving the sack
AXINGGetting rid of
AXINGKnocking down
AXINGChopping down
AXINGBreaking open, perhaps
AXINGHatchet job
AXINGHatchet man's job
AXINGLumberjack's activity
AXINGDismissal
AXINGChopping.