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as in slicing
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed
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as in whipping
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at
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Recent Examples of slashing
Responding to student complaints, professors have been slashing homework assignments, routinely extending deadlines and (most prominently) inflating grades.
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Witnesses and lawmakers wrestled with NASA’s budget priorities, highlighting concern that the administration’s 2026 budget request tilts heavily toward exploration while slashing science programs.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
But in reality, the technology is slashing human headcounts at major companies—including Salesforce, which has cut 4,000 of its customer support roles for AI agents to pick up the work.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
The Univeristy of Chicago is slashing $100 million in expenditures.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Editorial, Boston Herald, 9 Sep. 2025
Witnesses and lawmakers wrestled with NASA’s budget priorities, highlighting concern that the administration’s 2026 budget request tilts heavily toward exploration while slashing science programs.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
But in reality, the technology is slashing human headcounts at major companies—including Salesforce, which has cut 4,000 of its customer support roles for AI agents to pick up the work.
—Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 2 Sep. 2025
The Univeristy of Chicago is slashing $100 million in expenditures.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slashing
Verb
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Let stand until glaze firms up, about 15 minutes, before slicing and serving.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
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The line will run along the Interstate 15 corridor, slicing through the San Bernardino Mountains and across the desert.—
Ben Jones,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Boaters were the last to be warned to watch the sky as a line of wind-whipping storms pushed out to sea.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
7 Sep. 2025
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Golden State usually opens games whipping the ball around and making teams uncomfortable with its aggressive style of defense.—
Nathan Canilao,
Mercury News,
5 Sep. 2025
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When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, the brief said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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But in a world desperate for long-duration storage, Korea’s breakthrough shows that the future of power might be hiding in plain sight.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Sep. 2025
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Screenshots from an August 8 TikTok video of an owner finding a mouse hiding in her cat's litter of kittens.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Vaccaro accused Hill of throwing her to the ground, ripping her hair out, twisting body parts, spitting on her and shoving a marijuana cigarette in her face, according to the TMZ article.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Camp Fire, California’s deadliest and most destructive wildfire, is a few hours off from igniting and ripping through the town of Paradise and its neighbors, but the stage is set.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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Barcelona’s decision was not a sporting one but based on cutting wages.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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There’s people cutting sandwiches, putting the sandwiches right to the camera, squeezing the juices.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
6 Sep. 2025
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While you guys had staff inside laughing, pointing and even flicking off the crowd outside.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But when this lashing out becomes regular, the partner on the receiving end will start to expect their character to be attacked just as regularly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The company destroyed a piece of lashing wire that investigators believe slapped an Xcel electrical conductor and caused arcing that led to the fire, said Matthew Delinko with Bauman, Lowe, Witt & Maxwell, a law firm representing insurance companies.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
21 Aug. 2025
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“Slashing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slashing. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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