Synonyms of slashing

slashing

verb

present participle of slash

1

as in slicing

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slicing
• slitting
• ripping
• cutting
• stabbing
• piercing
• bruising
• splitting
• incising
• shearing
• gashing
• chopping
• sawing
• tearing
• severing
• cleaving
• carving
• crosscutting
• hacking
• lacerating
• scissoring
• chipping
• mangling
• dissecting
• riving
• rending
• butchering
• haggling
• chiseling
• hacksawing
• notching
• sectioning
• mincing
• dicing
• amputating
• cutting off
• anatomizing

2

as in whipping

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at

Synonyms & Similar Words

• whipping
• hiding
• cutting
• flicking
• lashing
• switching
• slapping
• hitting
• flailing
• knocking
• punching
• thrashing
• flogging
• licking
• scourging
• flagellating
• smacking
• banging
• tanning
• pounding
• whacking
• spanking
• whaling
• mauling
• swiping
• clipping
• strapping
• leathering
• batting
• horsewhipping
• beating
• birching
• cowhiding
• rawhiding
• clapping
• thumping
• swatting
• boxing
• caning
• clubbing
• pelting
• bashing
• cracking
• socking
• hammering
• slugging
• battering
• thwacking
• pummeling
• clobbering
• bludgeoning
• pasting
• cudgeling
• smiting
• quirting
• touching up
• mangling
• clouting
• bopping
• knouting
• cuffing
• roughing
• busting
• paddling
• walloping
• lambasting
• whopping
• buffeting
• working over
• lathering
• slogging
• belting
• slating
• pistol-whipping
• blackjacking
• fustigating
• basting
• threshing
• lacing
• fibbing
• drubbing
• lamming
• tromping
• belaboring
• bunging
• whupping
• pommeling

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slashing

As well as slashing the number of third-year visas to 5,000, the number of second-year visas is being cut from 57,000 to 45,000. — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 18 Sep. 2026

Swelling Workforce Channel 4 is slashing its workforce by 28%, with around half of commissioning roles at risk. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2026

Right now, Amazon has the TCL Nxtpaper 11 (Gen 2) on sale for 21% off, slashing $60 from its already affordable price. — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

That message has buttressed DeSantis’ advocacy for drastically slashing property taxes, a critical financial lifeline for Florida cities and counties. — Zoe Millán, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

The Ninjas embarked on a treacherous journey, flipping and slashing through data and linking millions of private businesses to the millions of individual taxpayers who owned them. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026

The straphanger busted for slashing another woman at a Brooklyn subway station was released without bail after she was arraigned, authorities said Friday. — Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 11 Sep. 2026

Johnson recommended that new financial relief should come from savings made via eliminating fraud in the federal government, rather than slashing benefits Americans rely on. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026

To this end, bulls challenge each other for rights to cows by bluffing or by outright battles in which slashing antlers determine the victor. — Jim Zumbo, Outdoor Life, 10 Sep. 2026