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One who cuts with sweeping strokes that are typically rapid and forceful or savage with or as if with a blade producing long cuts or slits and usually without careful aim; A weapon that cuts with sweeping strokes that are typically rapid and forceful or

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  • Michael Myers, to me, is the scariest of all the iconic killers in slasher films.
  • I think there’s an excellent chance that one way he gets off is by going to look at what they call the slasher films.
  • GhostSlayer - a MotionPlus-powered sword slasher for WiiWare
  • A slasher is a double-edged tool, suitable for cutting short grass.
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