Definition of "pickaxe" [pickaxe]

• A heavy iron tool with a wooden handle; one end of the head is pointed, the other has a chisel edge. (noun)
• To use a pickaxe. (verb)

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• "Without saying a word, the magicians each drew from beneath his cloak a pickaxe, and they cut a hole in the wall in a few minutes."
• "All worship the pickaxe, which is symbolical of their profession, and an oath sworn on it binds closer than on the Koran."
• "My Bloody Valentine is as blunt as its serial killer's pickaxe, which is used to kill more small town yokels than I'd ever dreamed possible."