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Tomahawk vs Poleaxe - What's the difference?

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As nouns the difference between tomahawk and poleaxe

is that tomahawk is the land attack missile (tlam), a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings, which can be launched from a ship or submarine while poleaxe is an ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle.

As a verb poleaxe is

to fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe.

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