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slashing
[slash-ing]
adjective
sweeping; cutting.
violent; severe.
a slashing wind.
dashing; impetuous.
vivid; flashing; brilliant.
Informal.very large or fine; splendid.
a slashing fortune.
slashing
/ ˈæʃɪŋ /
adjective
aggressively or harshly critical (esp in the phrase slashing attack )
Other 51Թ Forms
- slashingly adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
But Reagan began slashing funding for mental health overall in the name of cost-cutting, and most of them would never be built.
His success required him and his allies to win over budget hawks within his Republican Party who were intent on slashing government spending, as well as centrists who were wary of cuts to social programmes.
Having found that cutting spending is easier said than done, Musk apparently thought Republicans in Congress would rebel and refuse to raise the debt ceiling, slashing spending in this budget even more than they did.
But with “Uncanny Valley,” the need for those workers is being replaced by generative AI, slashing jobs in a time when the industry is already in dire shape.
Some senators are pushing to change a requirement that would require states to freeze and cut by half the tax they impose on Medicaid providers, slashing a key source of funding for rural hospitals.
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