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| 1. | [ verb ] cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete | |
| Synonyms: | cut_down | |
| Related terms: | cut | |
| 2. | [ verb ] cut open | |
| Synonyms: | gash | |
| Examples: | "she slashed her wrists" |
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| Related terms: | cut | |
| 3. | [ verb ] beat severely with a whip or rod | |
| Synonyms: | whip lash flog lather strap trounce welt | |
| Examples: | "The teacher often flogged the students" "The children were severely trounced" |
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| Related terms: | beat cowhide flagellate cat horsewhip switch birch whip whipping lash whip beating wale | |
| 4. | [ verb ] cut drastically | |
| Examples: | "Prices were slashed" |
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| Related terms: | reduce | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (medicine) a wound made by cutting | |
| Synonyms: | slice gash cut | |
| Examples: | "he put a bandage over the cut" |
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| Related terms: | wound slit | |
| 6. | [ verb ] move or stir about violently | |
| Synonyms: | toss thresh thrash_about thrash convulse thresh_about jactitate | |
| Examples: | "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" |
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| Related terms: | shake jerk whip jactitation | |
| 7. | [ noun ] a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information | |
| Synonyms: | virgule diagonal stroke separatrix solidus | |
| Related terms: | punctuation | |
| 8. | [ verb ] beat so fast that (the heart's) output starts dropping until (it) does not manage to pump out blood at all | |
| Synonyms: | toss thresh thrash thrash_about thresh_about convulse | |
| Related terms: | shake beat whip | |
| 9. | [ noun ] an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) | |
| Related terms: | land | |
| 10. | [ noun ] a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument | |
| Synonyms: | slashing gash | |
| Related terms: | cut | |
| Similar spelling: |
slush slosh Sloas sls slushy Sluss Sloss Sligh slews Slask sleazy sleaze Slough slouch Sleigh Slaugh slacks |
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