often attributive
: one that slashes
especially
: a person who mutilates or kills with an edged blade
a slasher film
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The slasher hopped on a downtown Q train and was later taken into custody at the Times Square-42 St. station, cops said.
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Scream 7 is being directed by Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original 1996 Scream slasher.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Mason Gooding on slasher Heart Eyes and Matthew Lillard's Scream 7 return: No one 'will be able to anticipate'
Arquette was a longtime Scream regular, having first appeared as Deputy Dewey Riley in the 1996 original opposite Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott) and Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers).
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The upcoming slasher is the latest in a string of genre movies twisting beloved childhood memories into an indie filmmaking movement.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
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Elizabeth Keogh, New York Daily News, 6 Mar. 2025
Scream 7 is being directed by Kevin Williamson, who wrote the original 1996 Scream slasher.
—Sharareh Drury, People.com, 4 Mar. 2025
Mason Gooding on slasher Heart Eyes and Matthew Lillard's Scream 7 return: No one 'will be able to anticipate'
Arquette was a longtime Scream regular, having first appeared as Deputy Dewey Riley in the 1996 original opposite Neve Campbell (Sidney Prescott) and Courteney Cox (Gale Weathers).
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2025
The upcoming slasher is the latest in a string of genre movies twisting beloved childhood memories into an indie filmmaking movement.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 27 Feb. 2025
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“Slasher.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slasher. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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