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slamming

/ˈslæm.ɪŋ/ noun C2
  1. The act of something being slammed. (countable, uncountable)
  2. A form of fraud in which a customer's telephone service, Internet domain registration or credit card processor is changed without their consent. (countable, uncountable)
  3. Synonym of slam dance. (countable, uncountable)

Plural slammings

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She remembered hearing some sound which she imagined to be the slamming of a door.
The Valley of Fear, p. 49 · C1
She is, as she has told us, somewhat deaf; but none the less she mentioned in her evidence that she did hear something like a door slamming half an hour before the alarm was given.
The Valley of Fear, p. 68 · C1
Allen did not start out to inquire for the slamming door.
The Valley of Fear, p. 70 · C1

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