slash

Meanings

• a wound made by cutting
• an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
• a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
• a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
• cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
• beat severely with a whip or rod
• cut open
  • "she slashed her wrists"
• cut drastically
  • "Prices were slashed"
• move or stir about violently

Synonyms

convulse, cut, cut down, diagonal, flog, gash, jactitate, lash, lather, separatrix, slice, solidus, strap, stroke, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss, trounce, virgule, welt, whip