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hatchet noun [ ˈhatʃɪt ]

• a small axe with a short handle for use in one hand.
Similar: axe, cleaver, mattock, tomahawk, chopper,
Origin: Middle English: from Old French hachette, diminutive of hache ‘axe’, from medieval Latin hapia, of Germanic origin.

bury the hatchet

• end a quarrel or conflict and become friendly.

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