slash
1 Americanverb (used with object)
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to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
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to lash; whip.
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to cut, reduce, or alter.
The editors slashed the story to half its length.
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- abbreviate, abridge
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to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric.
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to criticize, censure, or attack in a savage or cutting manner.
verb (used without object)
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to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting.
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to make a sweeping, cutting stroke.
noun
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a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
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a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke.
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a curtailment, reduction, or alteration.
a drastic slash of prices.
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a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric.
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a short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur; a virgule.
you and/or your dependents.
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a dividing line, as in dates, fractions, a run-in passage of poetry to show verse division, etc.; a virgule.
She got 3/4 of the answers correct.
“Sweetest love, I do not go/For weariness of thee.” (John Donne)
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(in forest land)
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an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire.
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the debris itself.
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Slang. slash fiction.
noun
verb
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to cut or lay about (a person or thing) with sharp sweeping strokes, as with a sword, knife, etc
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to lash with a whip
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to make large gashes in
to slash tyres
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to reduce (prices, etc) drastically
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to criticize harshly
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to slit (the outer fabric of a garment) so that the lining material is revealed
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to clear (scrub or undergrowth) by cutting
noun
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a sharp, sweeping stroke, as with a sword or whip
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a cut or rent made by such a stroke
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a decorative slit in a garment revealing the lining material
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littered wood chips and broken branches that remain after trees have been cut down
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an area so littered
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Also called: diagonal. forward slash. separatrix. shilling mark. solidus. stroke. virgule. a short oblique stroke used in text to separate items of information, such as days, months, and years in dates ( 18/7/80 ), alternative words ( and/or ), numerator from denominator in fractions ( 55/103 ), etc
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slang the act of urinating (esp in the phrase have a slash )
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a genre of erotic fiction written by women, to appeal to women
Other Word Forms
- unslashed adjective
Etymology
Origin of slash1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English slaschen, perhaps from Old French esclachier “to break”
Origin of slash2
An Americanism dating back to 1645–55; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Software stocks dropped on Friday after digital-payments company Block announced it is slashing more than 4,000 employees — further fueling fears that artificial intelligence could decimate employee head counts and hurt demand for software.
From MarketWatch
Faced with a dimming economic outlook, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has sought to bolster the economy by slashing income and consumption taxes which have helped rebound consumer spending in recent quarters.
From Barron's
Paramount will take on a lot of debt to complete the deal, putting pressure on it to potentially slash costs at the combined company.
From Barron's
Music legend Gene Simmons has yet again slashed the asking price of his former Beverly Hills home—months after trimming a half-million dollars.
From MarketWatch
WPP slashed dividends and said it would overhaul its operations, opening the door to selling some businesses, as new boss Cindy Rose outlined her plan to lift the U.K. advertising group out of the doldrums.
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