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Axis

Ax·is [ áksiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
World War II fascist powers: the military and political alliance of Germany, Italy, and, later, Japan that fought the Allies in World War II

[Mid-20th century. < Mussolini's idea of "an axis around which nations could assemble"]
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