Collocations for "slashing"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "slashing" in context.
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slash
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- with a slash of the [sword, knife, razor]
- bleeding from [sword] slashes
- got a slash from [slicing, cutting, carving] meat
- has slashes on his [arms, legs, face, back]
- took a slash at the [enemy, block, meat]
- [chopped, broken, severed] with a single slash
- caught his [shoulder, leg] with a slash
- a [pay, wage, salary, price] slash
- a slash in [pay]
- [type, enter] a [forward, back] slash
- the [URL, address] contains two slashes
- forgot to [type, delete] the slash
- is an actor slash [singer, writer, model]
- UK, slang: [take, have] a slash by [a tree, the road]
- UK, slang: I'm [busting, bursting] for a slash
- foliage with the odd slash of [red, blue]
- [she, the thief] slashed her [wrists, throat]
- [someone, they] slashed my tires
- the tires on my [car, bike, bicycle] were slashed
- his tires [were, have been] slashed
- slashed [his shirt, the weeds]
- slash [you, someone, it] with a [knife, cutter, dagger]
- slashing [repeatedly, violently, aimlessly, wildly] (at)
- he slashed (at) the [weeds, brush] with a [sickle, knife]
- he slashed at [him, her cheek, his face, her leg]
- the [company, state, board] (has) slashed salaries
- (have) slashed [their prices, costs]
- funding [was, has been] slashed
- slash [a story, an article, a report, a project]
- the [editor, director, journalist] slashed the [story]
'slashing' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):