noun
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a person or thing that slashes
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a wooden-handled cutting tool or tractor-drawn machine used for cutting scrub or undergrowth in the bush
Etymology
Origin of slasher
Example Sentences
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For three decades, the meta-horror franchise “Scream” has outmaneuvered its fandom with so many convoluted murder motives that the only shocker left would be a straightforward, sincere slasher.
From Los Angeles Times
What better way to show the world a new side of yourself than to play the equally wicked fictional brother of one of modern literature’s most notorious slashers?
From Salon
“We’re asking people to empathize with a monster, with something that was the slasher in a slasher movie to some degree, decades ago.”
From Los Angeles Times
“That opened up a whole new world for me, and soon I was obsessed with horror films, especially slashers like ‘Scream’ and ‘A Nightmare on Elm Street.’
From Los Angeles Times
But a hit it was and so, for a sequel, supernatural elements must be spun out and ’80s slasher classics consulted, especially since it’s now four years later, in 1982.
From Los Angeles Times
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