Related Clues:

• Journalist on hill brought down
• Downed, in a way
• Cut from the crew
• Canned a member
• Cut a member
• Purged from the payroll
• Canceled callously
• Felled with an axe
• Wife spikes bird to be carved
• Gave the boot to
• Axed to the ground
• Dismissed unceremoniously
• Previously cut, as timber
• Gave the heave-ho to
• Rough-___ (lacking refinement)