slashing

American  

[slash-ing] / ˈslæʃ ɪŋ /

noun

1. a slash.

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adjective

1. sweeping; cutting.

2. violent; severe.

   a slashing wind.

3. dashing; impetuous.

4. vivid; flashing; brilliant.

5. Informal. very large or fine; splendid.

   a slashing fortune.

slashing British  

/ ˈslæʃɪŋ /

adjective

1. aggressively or harshly critical (esp in the phrase slashing attack )

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Other Word Forms

• slashingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of slashing

First recorded in 1590–1600; slash ¹ + -ing ¹, -ing ²

Example Sentences

Leisure and hospitality—often a bellwether for consumers’ willingness to spend on services like vacations, movie tickets and restaurant meals—cut jobs for the second month in a row, slashing 27,000.

From The Wall Street Journal

Private-credit funds have been slashing their income payouts and dumping assets to cash out investors.

From The Wall Street Journal

Many other tech companies outside the hot artificial intelligence sector are slashing staff.

From Los Angeles Times

After Musk took over Twitter, he renamed the platform X and embarked on significant changes — slashing staff, introducing a charge to verify accounts, and loosening its approach to content moderation.

From BBC

Software stocks dropped on Friday after digital-payments company Block announced it is slashing more than 4,000 employees — further fueling fears that artificial intelligence could decimate employee head counts and hurt demand for software.

From MarketWatch

Related Words

• caustic
• scathing
• stinging
• withering