as in to slice
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
I slit my finger open while cleaning up the broken glass
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Recent Examples of slit
By Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2025
Hudgens went glam for the event, wearing a black Dolce & Gabbana gown complete with black feathers and a high leg slit.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2025
Slice a couple slits in the top of each cookie to allow steam to escape.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Heidi Klum The iconic German model wore a black strapless dress with a plunging neckline and a side slit.
—By Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 3 Mar. 2025
Hudgens went glam for the event, wearing a black Dolce & Gabbana gown complete with black feathers and a high leg slit.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
Before Albrecht can even finish giving Lasher-care instructions, Ian goes full Lady Macbeth and slits Albrecht’s throat right there in the stairwell.
—Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 2 Feb. 2025
Slice a couple slits in the top of each cookie to allow steam to escape.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slit
Noun
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The true culprit, a rambunctious zebra, tears through the screen and plunges a normal suburban home into tumult with the help of some other animals and a stash of fireworks.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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My mother-in-law had an expression of open-mouthed awe; her husband, for his part, seemed to be fighting back tears.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Baby Zucchini This mild-tasting veggie is great raw, roasted, or even sliced into sticks for dipping, says Syn.—
Sherri Gordon, CLC,
Parents,
2 Apr. 2025
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To slice onions evenly, use a food processor or mandoline.—
Nicole Sours Larson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Every doctor save in this episode is pretty incredible, from Mohan’s blowhole incisions to save her patient with the subcutaneous emphysema to Robby’s bubble intubation.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
20 Mar. 2025
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Then an incision below the collarbone to insert the generator.1 How to Use the Implant's Remote The implant will be ready to use approximately one month after insertion.—
Valerie Cacho,
Verywell Health,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The vacuum, which is typically priced at $450, has been slashed to just $300 at Amazon.—
Amy Schulman,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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Big studios have slashed budgets, making life for production crews more financially precarious.—
Steven Kurutz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Lanigan fell, fracturing his neck and sustained a gash on his head.—
Bruce Martin,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Such catastrophic malfunctions aside, most of the time conifer resin slops over the gash and remains tacky for days afterward.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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And Fitzgerald provided the bulk of their offense from the nine-hole, ripping a two-run home run to left-center in the third inning and scoring the go-ahead run in the seventh on Grant McCray’s single up the middle.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The moral scaffolding that keeps us from giving in to our primal desires gets ripped away and, naturally, very rudimentary notions of decency fall apart.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Will cutting sustainability contribute to losing trust with employees, consumers, and communities?—
Paul Klein,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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Pitino pulled star wing RJ Luis out of the lineup after making two free throws to cut Arkansas’ lead to two points with less than five minutes to play.—
Brendan Quinn,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That, for me, is the only piercing message of this whole thing.—
Jazz Tangcay,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
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That list was winnowed in December to three corridors, including what is known as the Southwestern Grid Connector — which would run up the eastern edge of New Mexico, scrape the western edge of the Oklahoma panhandle and pierce the southeast corner of Colorado.—
John Aguilar,
The Denver Post,
20 Mar. 2025
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“Slit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slit. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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