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n. - A severely critical attack; Thin layers of rock used for roofing.

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Usage examples (34)
  • The reviewers gave his book a sound slating
  • Verb (used with object) : the district leader slated for city judge. ,The premiere was slated for January
  • I have in old days given to a few novels (though, of course, only when they richly deserved it) what is called a "slating" -- an
  • Cassava cuttings may be planted straight or slating
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