- present participle of slash.
slashing
Example Sentences
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Unified’s already adopted plan calls for more than 6,000 job reductions, slashing up to $500 million per year in extra services for schools with the greatest needs and seven unpaid furlough days for each worker.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
Companies are redesigning packaging and slashing marketing budgets to keep product prices under this psychologically important threshold.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
The country is in the grips of a humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by the slashing of foreign assistance and the need to integrate millions of Afghans pushed back from neighbouring Iran and Pakistan.
From Barron's ● Jul. 12, 2026
In addition to slashing its workforce, the company is shedding four of its studios.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026
Varney used his head and nose when he spoke, slashing the air with his sharp aquiline face as though it were an ax chopping at some invisible woodpile just below his eyes.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
