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1. Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an axe or machete
   - cut down
    
2. Beat severely with a whip or rod
   - flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce
    
3. Cut open
   "she slashed her wrists"
   - gash
    
4. Cut drastically
   "Prices were slashed"
    
5. Move or stir about violently
   - convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, toss, jactitate

1. A wound made by cutting
   - cut, gash, slice
    
2. An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
    
3. A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
   - solidus [Brit, Cdn], virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
    
4. A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
   - gash
    
5. [Brit, vulgar] Informal term for urination

Derived forms: slashed, slashing, slashes

See also: slasher

Type of: agitate, beat, beat up, bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, cutting, dry land, earth, ground, land, lesion, micturition, punctuation, punctuation mark, reduce, shake, solid ground, terra firma, trim, trim back, trim down, urination, work over, wound

Encyclopedia: Slash