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Example sentences for: slashed

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Apparently, Furrow's was a borderline case: He had slashed his wrists, tried to stab workers at a mental health facility, and constantly talked about his violent, racist fantasies; on the other hand, he had had only one run-in with the law, had sought psychiatric care, held a degree in engineering, and had held numerous jobs, including one at the Boeing Co.
Indeed, the CTC budget had not been cut while the budgets had been slashed in many other parts of the Agency.
When the Tibetan god Manjushri came to view this light, he was unable to get close enough for a good look, so he took his great sword and slashed through the mountains surrounding the valley to release the waters of the lake.
I don't think you can blame Brazilian politicians: How well would our own Congress perform if told that taxes must be raised and spending slashed in the midst of a recession, with no clear reward except a possible reduction in speculative pressure, maybe, sometime in the future?
All this sounds awful, until you remember that nobody has been attacked, bashed, slashed, burned, blowtorched, lacerated, or destroyed.