often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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Ed Gale, the actor known for providing the physical performance behind the murderous Chucky doll in the Child's Play slasher movies, died Tuesday in Los Angeles at 61.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 May 2025
In classic slasher fashion, the protagonist then walks out of the house alive, traumatized, but victorious.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 24 May 2025
From there, the film is commits to its slasher premise.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 May 2025
In the 1997 slasher sequel Scream 2, Gellar played Omega Beta Zeta sober sister Cici, who gets terrorized via landline and thrown off the terrace of her sorority house by Ghostface.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 28 May 2025
In classic slasher fashion, the protagonist then walks out of the house alive, traumatized, but victorious.
—Jane Lacroix, People.com, 24 May 2025
From there, the film is commits to its slasher premise.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 23 May 2025
In the 1997 slasher sequel Scream 2, Gellar played Omega Beta Zeta sober sister Cici, who gets terrorized via landline and thrown off the terrace of her sorority house by Ghostface.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 22 May 2025
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 6 Jun. 2025.
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