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[ slash-ing ] / ˈslæʃ ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR slashing ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivesweeping; cutting. violent; severe: a slashing wind. dashing; impetuous. vivid; flashing; brilliant. Informal. very large or fine; splendid: a slashing fortune. Origin of slashingFirst recorded in 1590–1600; slash1 + -ing1, -ing2 OTHER WORDS FROM slashingslash·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby slashingSlashdot effect, slasher, slasher movie, slashfest, slash fiction, slashing, slash pine, slash pocket, slash-saw, Śląsk, slat Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for slashingWhen she held onto her post, Perry followed through, slashing $7.5 million of funding over two years. Rick Perry’s Plan to Defang State Watchdog Unit|Olivia Nuzzi|August 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST And then makes a slashing gesture across his throat and laughs. The Tragic Exodus of Iraq’s Christians|Jamie Dettmer|June 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Forty-nine-year-old Elena brings a trembling hand to the bridge of her nose and makes a slashing movement across it. 'In Cold Blood' in Ukraine|Jamie Dettmer|May 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Erik Prince is not the kind of man one expects to make the case for slashing U.S. intelligence and military budgets. Blackwater Founder Erik Prince: War on Terror Has Become Too Big|Eli Lake|November 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
In the acknowledgments, Zaicklas confesses a tendency to plant too many clues, and she thanks her editor for slashing them. This Week’s Hot Reads: Sept. 2, 2013|Damaris Colhoun|September 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST At the head walked the beadle, slashing about at the little boys. Stories of Comedy|Various She whipped him with her questions as though she was slashing his face. The Research Magnificent|H. G. Wells There was a confused mle of rearing horses, men leaning in the saddle, firing with pistols and slashing with sabres. In Hostile Red|Joseph Altsheler Jimmie Ben, slashing heavily, regardless of injury to himself or any others, had edged the ball toward the Twentieth left. Glengarry Schooldays|Ralph Connor Peace here, if possible; skins were not made for mere slitting and slashing! The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851|Various
British Dictionary definitions for slashing
adjectiveaggressively or harshly critical (esp in the phrase slashing attack) Derived forms of slashingslashingly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to slashingwithering, caustic, stinging, scathing, cutting, bitter, acerbic, acid, acidic, acrid, acrimonious, astringent, corrosive, incisive, mordacious, mordant, pungent, severe, sharp, trenchant |