: a combination pick and adze with a spiked handle that is used in mountain climbing
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Recent Examples on the WebThe murderer infamously used an ice ax; Trotsky died in a hospital the next day.—Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2024 Prosecutors said evidence showed that Gunnarsson put on gloves, which were found at the scene, then used a 24-inch-long ice ax to strike Pham in the head, face, and neck more than 10 times.—Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 30 Oct. 2023 Five days earlier, U.S. Forest Service employees had seen a man walking from that car toward the glacier — about 12 miles northwest of downtown Juneau — wearing a T-shirt and carrying an ice ax and a climbing helmet.—Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 19 July 2023 Ramón Mercader, an agent of Joseph Stalin’s, slipped into Leon Trotsky’s study in Mexico City in 1940 and sank an ice ax into his head.—Julian E. Barnes, New York Times, 19 June 2023 See all Example Sentences for ice ax
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