slashing
a slash.
sweeping; cutting.
violent; severe: a slashing wind.
dashing; impetuous.
vivid; flashing; brilliant.
Informal. very large or fine; splendid: a slashing fortune.
Origin of slashing
1Other words from slashing
- slash·ing·ly, adverb
Words Nearby slashing
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How to use slashing in a sentence
The goal is a ski that’s stable on hardpack, but loose and light enough for off-trail slashing in soft snow.
Runners-Up Review: The Frontside Skis That Almost Made Our 2022 Winter Buyer’s Guide | agintzler | December 5, 2021 | Outside OnlineThe 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.
Journalists bungled coverage of the Attica uprising. 50 years later, the consequences remain. | Erik Wemple | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostBut 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.
Blackwater Founder Erik Prince: War on Terror Has Become Too Big | Eli Lake | November 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut Germaine asked him so earnestly that he agreed to cure her dolly without slashing it to pieces.
Child Life In Town And Country | Anatole FranceFinding himself in a trap, Rory tried to kill Harrington by slashing at him with his sword.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard BagwellThurstane could still manage a revolver with his wounded arm, while his right was good for almost any amount of slashing work.
Overland | John William De ForestTrusting to luck, Dalgard burrowed into the green mass, slashing with his knife at anything which denied him entrance.
Star Born | Andre NortonHe did not check his slashing pace until within four or five bounds of the party.
The Wild Man of the West | R.M. Ballantyne
British Dictionary definitions for slashing
/ (ˈslæʃɪŋ) /
aggressively or harshly critical (esp in the phrase slashing attack)
Derived forms of slashing
- slashingly, adverb
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