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Definition of Slashing
1. Adjective. As if striking with slashing blows. "His slashing demon-ridden cadenza"
Definition of Slashing
1. Verb. (present participle of slash) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Slashing
1. the act of one that slashes [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Slashing
Literary usage of Slashing
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Southey's Common-place Book by Robert Southey (1876)
"frowning and looking big upon the trembling urchins, in boxing, slashing, striking
with the ferule, and in the exercise of all their other methods of ..."
2. The American Joe Miller: A Collection of Yankee Wit and Humour by Robert Kempt, Joe Miller (1865)
"... A slashing ARTICLE.—25-9. EDITORS, like other shrewd men, must live with their
eyes and ears open. The following story is told of one who started a ..."
3. Japan in Days of Yore by Walter Dening (1905)
"soon revealed itself in his failing to ward off a slashing stroke dealt at his
forehead by Musashi with his left-hand sword. The gash inflicted brought the ..."
4. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"slashing. The welt inner sole is sometimes slashed or cut across the ball of the
foot on the under side, to make it flexible. Wetting. ..."
5. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"slashing. The welt inner sole is sometimes slashed or cut across the ball of the
foot on the under side, to make it flexible. Wetting. ..."
6. The Shoe Industry by Frederick James Allen (1916)
"slashing. The welt inner sole is sometimes slashed or cut across the ball of the
foot on the under side, to make it flexible. Wetting. ..."
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