often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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Wednesday star Jenna Ortega has promised a horror-forward season, saying the new episodes honor classic slashers.
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EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Charles Busch: The slasher film, too, which was very ’70s.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2025
So the pace slows down, allowing viewers to take in an extended gag involving Neeson and Anderson being watched by a thug via heat-seeking binoculars during a date, and a falling-in-love montage that turns into a stand-alone segment involving magical snow men, threesomes, and slasher horror.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
And this slasher Santa Claus doesn't mess around, using an axe and a shotgun with deadly intention and also down for impaling people on deer antlers.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 July 2025
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EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Charles Busch: The slasher film, too, which was very ’70s.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2025
So the pace slows down, allowing viewers to take in an extended gag involving Neeson and Anderson being watched by a thug via heat-seeking binoculars during a date, and a falling-in-love montage that turns into a stand-alone segment involving magical snow men, threesomes, and slasher horror.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 July 2025
And this slasher Santa Claus doesn't mess around, using an axe and a shotgun with deadly intention and also down for impaling people on deer antlers.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 26 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for slasher
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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