slashing

To cut or attempt to cut, particularly:

To strike violently and randomly, particularly:

To move quickly and violently.

To crack a whip with a slashing motion.

To clear land, (particularly forestry) with violent action such as logging or brushfires or through grazing.

“The province's traditional slash-and-burn agriculture was only sustainable with a much smaller population.”

To write slash fiction.

To piss, to urinate.

To work in wet conditions.

The action of something that slashes.

“The criminal gang carried out razor slashings on their enemies.”

(in the plural) slash (woody debris)