Love splitting tree with axes in fury (8)
I believe the answer is:
apoplexy
'fury' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'love splitting tree with axes' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'splitting' indicates putting letters inside.
'tree' becomes 'apple' (apple is a kind of tree**).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'axes' becomes 'xy' (x axis and y axis).
'o' going within 'apple' is 'apople'.
'apople'+'xy'='APOPLEXY'
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for apoplexy that I've seen before include "Speechlessness due to fury" , "A stroke, rupture of artery in brain" , "Rupture of a blood vessel or extreme anger" , "man fit" , "Speechlessness caused by fury" .)