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
Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 July 2025
With Prime Day on its final day, Amazon is slashing prices on PC gaming accessories.
—PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2025
Who’s your favorite child slash parent slash brother?
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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Verb
Rubio seeks to transform department Rubio is seeking to transform the State Department as part of the Trump administration’s effort to revamp American foreign policy and slash the size of the federal government.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 11 July 2025
With Prime Day on its final day, Amazon is slashing prices on PC gaming accessories.
—PC Magazine, 11 July 2025
Noun
Lou’s lifetime slash (batting average, on-base percentage and slugging percentage) was .344/.447/.632.
—Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 June 2025
Who’s your favorite child slash parent slash brother?
—Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slash
Verb
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Satomi followed her 11-year-old friend to a nearby study room, where — after drawing the curtains — the girl slit Satomi’s throat with a box cutter and kicked her in the head and sides, The Washington Post reported.—
Christine Pelisek,
People.com,
15 June 2025
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Then, the family members would drag their victim to a hidden cellar on the property and slit the victim’s throat, leaving them there to die.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
1 June 2025
Verb
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But unlike other technologies, AI doesn’t hide its default bias.—
Pia Lauritzen,
Forbes.com,
20 July 2025
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More than a month after the shooting, police located the vehicle Orona had driven, hidden on a Buckeye property owned by his girlfriend’s family.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Exercise creates microscopic tears in your muscle tissues, which then triggers an inflammatory process in your body that results in that sore sensation, as SELF previously reported.—
Jenny McCoy,
SELF,
18 July 2025
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In 2024, Rice suffered an ACL tear and played in only four games after a dominant rookie season.—
David Close,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
Verb
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Gently press down on each sandwich, then slice in half.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
19 July 2025
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As recently as 2010, numerous audience members fainted watching James Franco slice his arm off in the climactic act of self-preservation in Danny Boyle’s 127 Hours.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
16 July 2025
Verb
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The designer was lucky enough to snag some handwoven jacquard with gold thread from a Venetian palazzo, whipping it into a one-of-a-kind lampshade skirt.—
Ari Stark,
Footwear News,
15 July 2025
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Shake briefly to whip, then empty contents into a curved Hurricane glass and garnish with an orange slice and a cherry.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
11 July 2025
Verb
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Trump tear-gasses children, rips them from their parents, and deports farmworkers.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 July 2025
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Trees that are 100 years old just ripped out of the ground.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
12 July 2025
Verb
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The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Jeannie C. Riley, Connie Smith and the duo of Charlie Louvin and Melba Montgomery were among the acts who cut her songs.—
Marcus K. Dowling,
The Tennessean,
22 July 2025
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The National Endowment for the Humanities cut the grant this spring.—
Kelly Meyerhofer,
jsonline.com,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Your words were steady, steeped in the old stories, but my eyes flicked to the window, unafraid.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 July 2025
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Superman is more conventional than Gunn’s Guardians flicks, or even his DC outings The Suicide Squad and Peacemaker, yet he’s carried over the unhinged, off-kilter fun of those films.—
Lexi Carson,
HollywoodReporter,
9 July 2025
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“Slash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slash. Accessed 26 Jul. 2025.
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