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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SLASH'ING, ppr. Striking violently and cutting at random.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon- ridden cadenza"

Merriam Webster's

I. adjective Date: 1593 1. incisively satiric or critical 2. driving, pelting 3. vivid, brilliant • slashingly adverb II. noun Date: 1576 1. the act or process of slashing 2. an insert or layer of contrasting color revealed by a slash (as in a garment) 3. slash 3

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. vigorously incisive or effective.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Slash Slash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.] [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.] 1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. 2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] --King. 3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] --Dr. H. More.

Moby Thesaurus

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