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slashing
[ slash-ing ]
adjective
- sweeping; cutting.
- violent; severe:
a slashing wind.
- dashing; impetuous.
- vivid; flashing; brilliant.
- Informal. very large or fine; splendid:
a slashing fortune.
slashing
/ ˈslæʃɪŋ /
adjective
- aggressively or harshly critical (esp in the phrase slashing attack )
Derived Forms
- ˈslashingly, adverb
Other Words From
- slashing·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The goal is a ski that’s stable on hardpack, but loose and light enough for off-trail slashing in soft snow.
The AP reported that the first rumors of throat slashings came out of the prison in “fragments of conversations” from members of the assault team as they stumbled out of the fortress.
But with GOP governors slashing budgets across the country, can this odd alliance last?
When she held onto her post, Perry followed through, slashing $7.5 million of funding over two years.
And then makes a slashing gesture across his throat and laughs.
Forty-nine-year-old Elena brings a trembling hand to the bridge of her nose and makes a slashing movement across it.
Erik Prince is not the kind of man one expects to make the case for slashing U.S. intelligence and military budgets.
But Germaine asked him so earnestly that he agreed to cure her dolly without slashing it to pieces.
Finding himself in a trap, Rory tried to kill Harrington by slashing at him with his sword.
Thurstane could still manage a revolver with his wounded arm, while his right was good for almost any amount of slashing work.
Trusting to luck, Dalgard burrowed into the green mass, slashing with his knife at anything which denied him entrance.
He did not check his slashing pace until within four or five bounds of the party.
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