1. past tense of pickax; broke up or dug with a pickax

Examples

• The workers pickaxed through the frozen ground.
• He pickaxed the concrete to remove the old foundation.
• The miners pickaxed their way through solid rock.
• She pickaxed the hard clay soil in her garden.
• The crew pickaxed the ice-covered pavement.
• They pickaxed holes for the fence posts.