Slashing

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  • adjective. Bitingly critical or satiric.
  • adjective. Dashing; pelting.
  • adjective. Brilliant; intense.
  • noun. The act of swinging a stick at an opponent in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.
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  • noun. The sizing, drying, and beaming of cotton warp for weaving on a machine called a slasher.
  • That cuts and slashes at random; recklessly or unmercifully severe; that cuts right and left indiscriminately: as, a slashing criticism or article.
  • Dashing; recklessly rapid: as, a slashing gait.
  • Very big; great; slapping.
  • noun. A slash or pane in a garment.
  • noun. In milit. engin., the felling of trees so that their tops shall fall toward the enemy, and thus prevent or retard his approach; also (in singular or plural), the trees thus felled: same as abatis, 1.
  • noun. plural Trees or branches cut down by woodmen. Also slashes.
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  • verb. Present participle of slash.
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  • adjective. as if striking with slashing blows
  • Word Usage
    "Amber, does a really good job of getting the defense to shift in transition, what we call slashing the floor, slicing the floor, and I think Robinson does a great job of that."
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    slash