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slashing
/ˈslæʃɪŋ/
noun 3adj 1
Collocations
5ADJ.
soon
VERB + SLASHING
develop, signed, time
SLASHING + NOUN
capital, tariffs
PREP.
on
ADV.
suddenly
Definitions
noun
1
The action of something that slashes.
The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.
2
slash (woody debris)
3
The penalty called for using the stick to slash an opposing player.
adj
1
Powerfully excellent.
Lindsay might be seedy […] or I might by some unlooked-for providence suddenly develop a slashing game.
‘...Got it this time, Edmund; a slashing bit of work.’
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The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.
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Lindsay might be seedy […] or I might by some unlooked-for providence suddenly develop a slashing game.
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‘...Got it this time, Edmund; a slashing bit of work.’
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Japanese corporations are slashing their capital spending programs.
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Do not buy now; they will soon be slashing the prices.
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India and South America's Mercosur trading bloc have signed an agreement slashing tariffs on more than 900 products in a trade boosting measure.
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