Usually means: Axe with hammer for combat.
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  1. poleax: Merriam-Webster
  2. poleax: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. poleax: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. poleax: Collins English Dictionary
  5. poleax: Vocabulary.com
  6. poleax: Wordnik
  7. poleax: Wiktionary
  8. poleax: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. poleax: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Poleax, poleax: Dictionary.com
  11. poleax: Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Poleax: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. poleax: Rhymezone
  14. Poleax: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. poleax: FreeDictionary.org
  16. poleax: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. poleax: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poleax: Medical dictionary

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  1. Poleax: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See poleaxing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Poleax)

noun:  Alternative spelling of poleaxe [An ax having both a blade and a hammer face; used to slaughter cattle.]
verb:  Alternative spelling of poleaxe [(transitive) To fell someone with, or as if with, a poleaxe.]

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