Slash

v. t.	1.	To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. [imp. & p. p. Slashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.]
	2.	To lash; to ply the whip to.
	3.	To crack or snap, as a whip.
v. i.	1.	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. - Spenser.
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.	Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
	4.	A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency. We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us. - Henry Van Dyke.

Noun	1.	slash - a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" Synonyms: gash, cut, slice
	2.	slash - an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
	3.	slash - a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information Synonyms: separatrix, virgule, solidus, diagonal, stroke
	4.	slash - a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument Synonyms: gash
Verb	1.	slash - cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete Synonyms: cut down
	2.	slash - beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced" Synonyms: flog, lash, trounce, welt, whip, lather, strap
	3.	slash - cut open; "she slashed her wrists" Synonyms: gash
	4.	slash - cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
	5.	slash - move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed" Synonyms: thrash about, thresh, thresh about, jactitate, thrash, convulse, toss

slash - oblique stroke

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