1
as in to slit
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed
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2
as in to hide
to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible
wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at
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Recent Examples of slash
Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
SLMs, in contrast, require significantly fewer resources, slashing training costs.
—Balaji Dhamodharan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Megan Schrader, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Place tortillas on an greased baking sheet and make small slashes to allow steam to escape.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Verb
In early March 2024, coach Sean Payton and general manager George Paton slashed and burned.
—Parker Gabriel, The Denver Post, 3 Mar. 2025
SLMs, in contrast, require significantly fewer resources, slashing training costs.
—Balaji Dhamodharan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
Torching the federal workforce using Musk’s slash and burn also will harm local, regional, and personal economies.
—Megan Schrader, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2025
Place tortillas on an greased baking sheet and make small slashes to allow steam to escape.
—Kay Johnson, Twin Cities, 6 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slash
Verb
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Authorities said Ford first attacked Gregory, shooting him with a rifle, beating him and slitting his throat.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Police believe Ford first attacked Gregory, shooting him in the back of the head, bludgeoning him and slitting his throat.—
Fernando Cervantes Jr.,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Risen delivers a marvellous account of the Hiss case, with its many plot twists, involving accusations about a fake typewriter, microfilm hidden in a pumpkin, and the intricacies of ornithology.—
Beverly Gage,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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Of course anyone familiar with Cave, whose directorial debut Fresh established her as a filmmaker to watch, will know that Fred, the town’s ophthalmologist, is certainly hiding a secret.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His family sat in the front row, wiping away tears throughout the service.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
8 Mar. 2025
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Passionate testimonies of remembrance for deputies King and Rohrer brought the courtroom to tears.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Its interior is a vast, frozen wasteland, where temperatures can plunge below -40°C and icy winds slice through anything exposed.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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During the segment, the comedian slammed the firing of tens of thousands of federal employees across multiple agencies and levels of importance before slicing his hand open on a prop mug.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Add the egg whites: In the clean bowl of the electric mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, whip the egg whites and cream of tartar on medium speed until soft peaks form, 4-5 minutes.—
Peter Burke,
Fox News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The wind up here had whipped the snow into a sharp rib that came to a point on Denali’s Archdeacon’s Tower.—
Cassidy Randall,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Cristian Arango ripped a shot past John Pulskamp for the first goal, after Sporting’s midfield was momentarily carved apart.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
2 Mar. 2025
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The 37-year-old was back in his bag, ripping and blunting the cut with his signature flow and raps about getting money, maintaining, and of course, smoking the top-shelf Mary Jane.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Within the scheme’s first week, traffic had fallen by 7.5%, with 273,000 fewer cars entering Manhattan’s central business district, and travel times on inbound river crossings had been cut by more than a third, leading to faster bus journeys.—
Laurie Winkless,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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How about water: The Trump administration is cutting about 10% of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s California staff.—
Sammy Roth,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The light bulb flicks on and Belinda makes the connection, and is able to place that eerily familiar face.—
Dan Heching,
CNN,
3 Mar. 2025
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His idea is to splice together VHS scenes from Bollywood movies with Buster Keaton and Chaplin flicks, a crime waiting to be discovered.—
Randy Myers,
The Mercury News,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Slash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slash. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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