THESAURUS
slashing
abscission, acid, amputation, biting, burr, butchering, chiseling, chopping, cleavage, corrosive, cross-hatching, cutting, demitint, dichotomy, driving, effective, engravement, engraving, enucleation, etch, etching, excision, fission, forceful, forcible, gem-engraving, glass-cutting, glyptic, graving, gutsy, half tint, hatching, imperative, impressive, incision, incisive, inscript, inscription, laceration, line, lining, marking, mordant, mutilation, nervous, penetrating, piercing, poignant, powerful, punchy, rending, resection, ripping, scission, score, scoring, scratch, scratching, section, sensational, severance, sinewed, sinewy, slash, slicing, splitting, stipple, stippling, striking, strong, surgery, tearing, telling, tint, tooling, trenchant, type-cutting, vigorous, vital
ROGET THESAURUS
slashing
Vigor
N
vigor, power, force, boldness, raciness, intellectual, force, spirit, point, antithesis, piquance, piquancy, verve, glow, fire, warmth, strong language, gravity, sententiousness, elevation, loftiness, sublimity, eloquence, command of words, command of language, vigorous, nervous, powerful, forcible, trenchant, incisive, impressive, sensational, spirited, lively, glowing, sparkling, racy, bold,
slashing, pungent, piquant, full of point, pointed, pithy, antithetical, sententious, lofty, elevated, sublime, eloquent, vehement, petulant, impassioned, poetic, in glowing terms, in good set terms, in no measured terms, thoughts that breath and words that burn.