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She turns the corner, utters a terrifying battle cry, and starts slashing for her life, cutting through strands of webbing.

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At the moment, Cassiopeia and her brothers were merrily swashbuckling ’round the nursery, slashing at imaginary foes.

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Britain will drastically reduce protections for refugees and end automatic benefits for asylum seekers, the Labour government announced late Saturday, under new plans aimed at slashing irregular immigration and countering the hard-right.

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The move comes as the EU strives to bolster the continent's competitiveness by making the lives of European businesses easier through slashing red tape.

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Having reached such a view and with losses so high, slashing staff numbers was a harsh but inevitable reality.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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