Hypertext Webster Gateway: "slashing"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] --King.
3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] --Dr. H. More.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
slashing
adj : as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing
demon-ridden cadenza"
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