Definition of: slashing

(slash′ing) adjective
1. Striking or cutting at random: a slashing warrior or critic.
2. Colloq. Of uncommonly high degree; very large; very fine, swift, etc.; exceptionally brilliant.
—noun
1. A slash; the act of slashing; especially, the wasteful destruction of timber.
2. A region where timber trees have been cut down.
3. A mass of felled trees heaped for burning.
—slash′ing·ly adverb
—slash′ing·ness noun