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  • noun Plural form of slasher.

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Examples

  • They are captured by this group of people who turn out to be members of a group under the direction of Karl Sr. and his son Karl Jr., who are the famous butcher/slashers from the first two Violent S*** movies.

    Zombie Doom | BuyZombie.com 2007

  • "We see a lot of business from 'slashers' -- folks who have multiple careers," such as accountant/artist, says Rob Schlacter, vice president of business services at Staples.

    A Business Card for Your Wild Side 2008

  • It's just Cassie and Vlad pictured on the cover, driving around in their van, doing what they do, hunting slashers, which is easy enough to depict without getting into all the rest of it.

    Archive 2009-06-07 2009

  • The focus of the series is on a horror victim, Cassie, who strikes back at the monsters, known as "slashers", with Vlad, a freakish man who frequently wears a gas mask.

    Justin Marks Adapting Hack/Slash Comic « FirstShowing.net 2008

  • I understand it's a challenge coming up with new "slashers" all the time--there are bound to be some hits and misses.

    Archive 2009-05-31 2009

  • First, in this world, "slashers" aren't just serial killers, but are a kind of supernatural undead:

    Archive 2009-03-29 2009

  • I sometimes think -- if I may take advantage of this occasion to make the only reply in a working life of thirty years to any of the "slashers" with whose devotion I am told that I have been honored -- I sometimes think, good brother critics, that I have had my share of the attentions of poisoned weapons.

    McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896 Various

  • The series follows protagonist Cassie Hack in her quest to hunt down homicidal maniacs and serial killers, known as "slashers".

    Film Junk 2008

  • 'slashers' whose sole purpose is to dole out as much blood, gore, nudity, and sex as possible, while the body count increases exponentially.

    EclipseMagazine 2009

  • Michael Myers is one of the most recognized fiction slashers of all time, and if you ask

    Five People Born at the End of April | myFiveBest 2010

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