slasher
a person or thing that slashes.
a person who criminally attacks others with a knife, razor, or the like.
a horror film depicting such a criminal and featuring gory special effects.
Origin of slasher
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How to use slasher in a sentence
Laura Colarusso talks to the senator protecting vets from the budget slashers.
They were armed for the fray with sharp "slashers" attached to their spurs.
The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines | Isabel AndersonSlashers get a big sight more pay than under bookkeepers these days, Florrie.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | VariousAs soon as we start throwing out waste, we'll have all the slashers and halberd fish for miles around.
Four-Day Planet | Henry Beam PiperI could see slashers and clawbeaks and funnelmouths and gulpers and things like that getting out of our way in a hurry.
Four-Day Planet | Henry Beam Piper
All he could save from the marauders for the slashers was a sable muff over which two women rioters were fighting desperately.
The White Terror and The Red | Abraham Cahan
British Dictionary definitions for slasher
/ (ˈslæʃə) /
a person or thing that slashes
Australian and NZ a wooden-handled cutting tool or tractor-drawn machine used for cutting scrub or undergrowth in the bush
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