slashing
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slash·ing
(slăsh′ĭng)adj.
1. Bitingly critical or satiric: slashing wit.
2. Dashing; pelting: a slashing hailstorm.
3. Brilliant; intense: slashing colors.
n.
The act of swinging a stick at an opponent in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.
slash′ing·ly adv.
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slashing
(ˈslæʃɪŋ)adj
aggressively or harshly critical (esp in the phrase slashing attack)
ˈslashingly adv
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slash•ing
(ˈslæʃ ɪŋ)n.
1. a slash.
2. the illegal swinging of the stick at an opponent, as in ice hockey or lacrosse.
adj. 3. sweeping; cutting.
4. violent; severe: a slashing wind.
5. vivid; flashing; brilliant.
[1590–1600]
slash′ing•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | slashing - as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-ridden cadenza" |
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