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
Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
That package includes dozens of proposals to slash housing regulations, including tying some federal dollars to the progress of local governments in easing building restrictions and spurring new home construction.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
When timed right, Musashi parries a slash, creating an opening to eliminate a foe.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Verb
Thomas Ryan, North America economist at Capital Economics, said in a note on Tuesday that losing the IEEPA tariffs would slash the effective tariff rate to about 8% from 17%.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
That package includes dozens of proposals to slash housing regulations, including tying some federal dollars to the progress of local governments in easing building restrictions and spurring new home construction.
—Ethan Varian, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Noun
Perhaps the ultimate precursor to HUNTR/X — down to the slash in the name!
—Jeff Benjamin, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
When timed right, Musashi parries a slash, creating an opening to eliminate a foe.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slash
Verb
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That's when the state is planning to put Ralph Menzies to death for the murder of 25-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother of three who was found tied to a tree with her throat slit nearly 40 years ago.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, the brief said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Phillips died in a police shootout on Monday, after officers were alerted to a possible break-in at a farm goods store in Poipoi in the western Waikato district, near to where he was believed to have been hiding out with his kids, CNN, Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and ABC News Australia reported.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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Pep Guardiola is a tactile man who does not hide his expressive nature when speaking to his players.—
James McNicholas,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Festival audiences responded with emotional intensity, including visible tears and audible gasps during the screening.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Anisimova could not hold back the tears in her on-court interview following the match.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Shoppers recommend slicing it before freezing so individual portions are ready to grab whenever a craving hits.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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Its beauty lies in low-slung pastel buildings, pine forests edging the city, and ferries slicing through the Baltic toward fortress islands like Suomenlinna—while locals linger in cafés over cardamom buns or get cozy in harborside saunas.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Olbinski ran to his car, while others hunkered down and braved the brutal winds and whipping sand.—
Hayleigh Evans,
AZCentral.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The Milwaukee mother who claimed her stepfather threw her baby from a balcony has now been charged with child abuse herself, accused of whipping her younger brothers.—
Drake Bentley,
jsonline.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes the stories were ripped from the headlines, capitalizing on media frenzy.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Padres ripped him for six runs on six hits over 3 2/3 innings.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Initially lined up outside, Chiefs defensive end Chris Jones quickly cut inside to beat the right tackle.—
Pete Sweeney,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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On the northeast of the fire, by Sugar Pine Mountain, crews worked in steep, inaccessible terrain to bring containment lines into the natural rock bluff, trying to cut the fire off south of the Wishon Reservoir for the protection of the critical hydroelectric infrastructure.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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While you guys had staff inside laughing, pointing and even flicking off the crowd outside.—
Megan Cartwright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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Osaka said her fighting victory over Liudmila Samsonova in Montreal flicked a switch that lit the spark.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Slash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slash. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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