SLASH

/slaʃ/ ► audio Scrabble 8 Words With Friends 8

Definition

  1. noun a wound made by cutting. — synonyms: cut, gash, slice
  2. noun an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind).
  3. noun a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. — synonyms: solidus, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
  4. noun a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. — synonyms: gash
  5. verb cut with sweeping strokes. — synonyms: cut_down
  6. verb beat severely with a whip or rod. — synonyms: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce
  7. verb cut open. — synonyms: gash
  8. verb cut drastically.
  9. verb move or stir about violently. — synonyms: convulse, thresh, thresh_about, thrash, thrash_about, toss, jactitate

Examples

  • “Slash generated during logging may constitute a fire hazard.”
  • “The province's traditional slash-and-burn agriculture was only sustainable with a much smaller population.”

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