often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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That may sound like a pretty classic premise for a slasher.
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 31 May 2024
The concept of a slasher in the wilderness was the ideal format for Nash to replicate that formula, affording long stretches of silence.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Fueled by a rage festering over a decades-old injustice, Johnny dons a freaky old-time firefighter’s mask and cuts quite the memorable slasher figure — the subject of many scary campfire stories, one of which gets shared amongst unsuspecting victims in Chris Nash’s slasher debut.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
While the slasher premise is typical, the execution is anything but.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
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Megan McCluskey, TIME, 31 May 2024
The concept of a slasher in the wilderness was the ideal format for Nash to replicate that formula, affording long stretches of silence.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2024
Fueled by a rage festering over a decades-old injustice, Johnny dons a freaky old-time firefighter’s mask and cuts quite the memorable slasher figure — the subject of many scary campfire stories, one of which gets shared amongst unsuspecting victims in Chris Nash’s slasher debut.
—Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 29 May 2024
While the slasher premise is typical, the execution is anything but.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 23 May 2024
See all Example Sentences for slasher
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 10 Jun. 2024.
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