slasher
Americannoun
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a person or thing that slashes.
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a person who criminally attacks others with a knife, razor, or the like.
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a horror film depicting such a criminal and featuring gory special effects.
noun
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a person or thing that slashes
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a wooden-handled cutting tool or tractor-drawn machine used for cutting scrub or undergrowth in the bush
Etymology
Origin of slasher
Example Sentences
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It’s a reminder of how little a slasher movie really needs to get under your skin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026
Kris is a queer filmmaker taking on the task of reclaiming the slasher horror film-within-the-film, “Camp Miasma,” rebooting it for the queer community to no longer be appalled by.
From Salon ● Aug. 27, 2026
Instead, consider Jane Schoenbrun’s Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, which riffs on slasher films like Sleepaway Camp and Friday the 13th.
From Slate ● Aug. 7, 2026
The more scholarly aspects of “1000 Women in Horror” often pair up with an indignation about how life in slasher films, just as an example, reflects life for women in general.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
He has the better jumper, but I’m the better slasher.
From "The Crossover" by Kwame Alexander
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