slashed

past tense of slash

Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of slashed Global energy firms slashed thousands of jobs after the 2020 oil bust, leaving a skeletal workforce. Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2025 Trump maintained Friday that the economy would be adding jobs if Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell had slashed benchmark interest rates, even though doing so to the degree that Trump wants could ignite higher inflation. Josh Boak, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025 Texas hold ups California isn’t the only state to get its federal high-speed railway funding slashed. Ben Jones, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2025 The cuts come after the Big Beautiful Bill slashed the organization’s budget from $100 million to $20 million. Suzanne Rowan Kelleher, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025 The deadly shooting occurred on a street in the Brownsville section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn near the 73rd Precinct station house, where the suspect slashed an officer with a knife that authorities said had a 14-inch blade, according to police. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2025 Kruglov’s throat had been slashed and authorities recovered a knife at the scene, where a cellphone was also found near his body in a tent pavilion, sources told TMZ. New York Daily News, Boston Herald, 7 Sep. 2025 Pay cuts for teachers, layoffs for school nurses, lost funding for free breakfasts, depleted resources for kids’ mental health—these are just some of the ways that slashed federal budgets could make schools less safe. Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2025 Programs targeting infant mortality, youth violence, smoking, maternal and child health, mental health, obesity, lead poisoning and infectious disease tracking have been slashed. Stan Chu Ilo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slashed
Verb
  • The frigid air sliced through the open windows, bit the tips of my ears and my runny nose.
    Manuel Muñoz, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Their attacking thrusts sliced the Serbians to shreds.
    Phil Hay, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • With notes of caramel, maple sugar, and whipped coconut, Ellis Brooklyn’s latest launch proves that sweet can still be sophisticated.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 12 Sep. 2025
  • As the winds whipped across the seaside links-style layout, the competition heated up.
    Tim Corlett, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The drought grew to 41 2/3 innings before Crim ripped JP Sears’ first-pitch sweeper 439 feet to left-center, scoring Hunter Goodman and Jordan Beck, who opened the fourth with back-to-back singles.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Justin wore a neon pink hoodie and ripped jeans and sat on a couch while his son Jack, who wore pink leggings, a pink tank top and a pink beanie, leaned over his dad.
    Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Others have cut bills by a factor of five.
    Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Jobless claims hit their highest level since 2021 last week, adding to recent labor market revisions that have fueled confidence the Fed will cut rates in September.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Just after noon, officers from BPD and the School Police Unit responded to a report of a teen stabbed in the Roxbury high school building, spokesperson Sgt.
    Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Frank was also found bound in the basement, stabbed multiple times in the neck and chest.
    Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The president has frequently lashed out at celebrities who have spoken out against him, recently including the likes of Taylor Swift, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel.
    Michael Nied, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Ben-Gvir, who leads a small far-right ultranationalist party, lashed out at the court ruling Sunday.
    Natalie Melzer, Twin Cities, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Without appearing to look, Rogers flicked the ball round the corner, straight into the path of Madueke running in behind, cutting inwards from the right.
    Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Aniston’s new haircut incorporates more length and less volume, features a sleek root base, and focuses on the feathery, flicked ends of the original cut.
    Grace McCarty, Glamour, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The matter is simply a new name slapped onto an old bottle.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The woman tried to free her hands, and the man slapped her,according to prosecutors.
    Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Slashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slashed. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on slashed

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!