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slash
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- pronunciation:
- slaesh
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun), Word Explorer
part of speech: |
transitive verb |
inflections: |
slashes, slashing, slashed |
definition 1: |
to cut or strike with violent, sweeping, and sometimes random strokes, as with a knife.
- synonyms:
- gash, rip, rip into
- similar words:
- bayonet, butcher, cut, hack, knife, lacerate, mangle, mutilate, saber, scythe, slice, tear
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definition 2: |
to sharply reduce or curtail (prices, rates, or the like).
- synonyms:
- reduce
- similar words:
- curtail, cut, decrease, lower
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related words: |
depreciate, depress, reduce, retrench, rip, score, scrape, scratch, slit, stab, wound |
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part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
definition 1: |
to make violent, sweeping strokes with, or as if with, a sharp implement.
- similar words:
- cut, hack, stab, tear
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definition 2: |
to make one's way by cutting in such a manner.
- synonyms:
- cleave, knife, slice
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related words: |
knife, scratch |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a sweeping stroke, as with a sharp instrument, a pen, or the like.
- synonyms:
- flourish, stroke, sweep, swipe
- similar words:
- rip
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definition 2: |
a cut, gash, slit, or mark made with such a stroke.
- synonyms:
- flourish, gash, laceration, rip, stroke
- similar words:
- rip, slit, stab
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definition 3: |
a sharp reduction or curtailment, as in prices.
- synonyms:
- cut, discount, markdown, rollback, saving
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definition 4: |
a diagonal line used as a punctuation mark; virgule.
- synonyms:
- solidus, virgule
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definition 5: |
the debris remaining after the cutting of an area of forest.
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related words: |
cut, hack, wound |
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derivation: |
slasher (n.) |
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