slashings
Debris from logging
Slashings are debris left after cutting timber—branches, bark, and treetops scattered across a logged area.
The term also refers to the cleared areas themselves, often fire-prone due to accumulated dry wood.
In other contexts, slashings can mean multiple cutting strokes or acts of slashing: The painting bore slashings from a vandal's knife.
Severs or reduces
- woundsBodily tissue damage
- gashesDeep, jagged incisions
- lacerationsIrregular torn wounds
- bladeFlat cutting edge
knife · razor · attack · injuries · scarring · bleeding · assault · mutilation
Severs or reduces
- budgetPlan for spending
- pricesAmounts charged for goods
- costsAmounts required to pay
- layoffsMass job eliminations
downsizing · trimming · austerity · workforce · payroll · spending · discounts · markdowns
Unambiguous and definite
- debrisScattered broken fragments
- loggingRecording system events
- timberWood for construction
- fellingDowning standing timber
brush · stumps · cutover · windrow · silviculture · harvest · sawmill · undergrowth
Slanting line or path
- paintingPigment on canvas
- brushworkPainter's stroke method
- marksVisible signs or grades
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
bold · gestural · canvas · ink · calligraphy · expressive · angular · crosshatch
cuts
Severs or reduces
- woundsBodily tissue damage
- gashesDeep, jagged incisions
- lacerationsIrregular torn wounds
blade · knife · razor · attack · injuries · scarring · bleeding · assault · mutilation · slicing
cuts
Severs or reduces
layoffs · downsizing · trimming · austerity · workforce · payroll · spending · discounts · markdowns · cutbacks
clearcut
Unambiguous and definite
felling · brush · stumps · cutover · windrow · silviculture · harvest · sawmill · undergrowth · thinning
diagonal
Slanting line or path
sweeping · bold · gestural · canvas · ink · calligraphy · expressive · angular · crosshatch · vigorous
slashingsstanding timber
Trees still rooted, marketable
old-growth forest · virgin forest · virgin timber · stumpage
- slashing tiresDeliberately puncturing vehicle tires
- tire slashingDeliberately cutting car rubber