'Slashing' definitions:
Definition of 'slashing'
(from WordNet)
adjective
As if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon- ridden cadenza"
Definition of 'Slashing'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] --King. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'slashing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abscission,
- acid,
- amputation,
- biting,
- burr,
- butchering,
- chiseling,
- chopping,
- cleavage,
- corrosive,
- cross-hatching,
- cutting,
- demitint,
- dichotomy,
- driving,
- effective,
- engravement,
- engraving,
- enucleation,
- etch,
- etching,
- excision,
- fission,
- forceful,
- forcible,
- gem-engraving,
- glass-cutting,
- glyptic,
- graving,
- gutsy,
- half tint,
- hatching,
- imperative,
- impressive,
- incision,
- incisive,
- inscript,
- inscription,
- laceration,
- line,
- lining,
- marking,
- mordant,
- mutilation,
- nervous,
- penetrating,
- piercing,
- poignant,
- powerful,
- punchy,
- rending,
- resection,
- ripping,
- scission,
- score,
- scoring,
- scratch,
- scratching,
- section,
- sensational,
- severance,
- sinewed,
- sinewy,
- slash,
- slicing,
- splitting,
- stipple,
- stippling,
- striking,
- strong,
- surgery,
- tearing,
- telling,
- tint,
- tooling,
- trenchant,
- type-cutting,
- vigorous,
- vital