the Axis
noun [+ sing/pl verb]Definition
› the countries, including Germany, Italy, and Japan, that fought against the Allies in the Second World War: the Axis powers/nationsTwentieth centuryInternational politics and government
(Definition of the Axis noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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