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[Slash]

To quickly and violently cut something is to slash it. Sword fighters in a play might just clank their swords together, though they seem to slash each other. After the play is over, the snack stand might slash the price of popcorn.

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To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

Noun
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

Noun
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

Noun
an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

Noun
a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"

Verb
cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"

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Verb
cut open; "she slashed her wrists"

Verb
cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

Verb
beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

Verb
move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

v. t.
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

v. t.
To lash; to ply the whip to.

v. t.
To crack or snap, as a whip.

v. i.
To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

n.
A long cut; a cut made at random.

n.
A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.

n.
Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.

Slash

Slash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Slashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.] [OE. slaschen, of uncertain origin; cf. OF. esclachier to break, esclechier, esclichier, to break, and E. slate, slice, slit, v. t.] 1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. 2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.] King. 3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Slash

Slash, v. i. To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.
Hewing and slashing at their idle shades.

Slash

Slash, n. 1. A long cut; a cut made at random. 2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings. 3. [Cf. Slashy.] pl. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.] Bartlett.

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

A long cut; a cut made at random.

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Usage Examples

How does one kill fear, I wonder? How do you shoot a specter through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by its spectral throat?

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