Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or being a form of agriculture in which an area of forest is cleared by cutting and burning and is then planted, usually for several seasons, before being left to return to forest.
- adjective Drastic or destructive.
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- adjective Alternative spelling of
slash and burn .
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Examples
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But now they are front and centre of the new slash-and-burn era.
The Tea Party rules Washington as Barack Obama braces for savage cuts 2011
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"Compared to the slash-and-burn Republican approach, this budget positions the president as offering a responsible approach to deficit reduction."
Obama budget projects record $1.6 trillion deficit Lori Montgomery 2011
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Part of Michael's reluctance to employ the slash-and-burn approach is that now he is, in a sense, a double agent.
Nikita's Shane West: The Mikita Honeymoon Isn't Over ... Yet 2011
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New breed of right-wingers takes over the Capitol with a slash-and-burn agenda that threatens the White House
The Tea Party rules Washington as Barack Obama braces for savage cuts 2011
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Congress and the president could then wind down or ratchet up government spending in an orderly way, without embarking on periodic convulsions of slash-and-burn fever.
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NHS reform is a 'slash-and-burn approach', says doctors' union
Leading medics challenge GPs to fight Andrew Lansley over NHS reforms 2011
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For lawmakers in both parties, the sudden outbreak of collegiality represented an opportunity to prove to the public, and one another, that the slash-and-burn style that has defined House discourse lately is not the only way to conduct the nation's business.
House begins debate on health-care repeal with a collegial tone Shailagh Murray 2011
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NHS reform is a 'slash-and-burn approach', says doctors' union
Andrew Lansley unveils health bill as chorus of concern grows 2011
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Throughout the book he characterizes dozens of recordings of Mahler's works, often with slash-and-burn criticism ( "every sound" in Pierre Boulez's performance of the Sixth Symphony is "strung out like entrails on a mortician's table") and sometimes with bouts of adulation that suggest the ideal of a definitive or "best" account.
A Fierce Enthusiasm Leon Botstein 2010
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One peer-reviewed paper published by Lemann and a team of researchers in Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change advocates replacing slash-and-burn with slash-and-char in tropical areas.
SolveClimate: Biochar and George Monbiot’s Misguided Rant 2009
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