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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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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
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
That is enough to slash carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 35,000 tonnes per year.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
In an interview with Fox & Friends, Obadiah recalled the stabbing which left him with a large slash on his cheek and lip.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Smiley slashes Mari across the belly and Fatima lets out a monstrous shriek.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
That is enough to slash carbon dioxide emissions by roughly 35,000 tonnes per year.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 June 2026
Noun
SpaceX, Elon Musk’s massive space-exploration-slash-AI company, went public last week in a record-breaking IPO.
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John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
15 June 2026
In an interview with Fox & Friends, Obadiah recalled the stabbing which left him with a large slash on his cheek and lip.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
10 June 2026
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Before police took him into custody, Tran slit his wrists, cut his neck and poked the blade into his stomach, but all of the wounds were superficial.
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If it’s baked in a loaf pan, go ahead and slit the top of the batter before baking.
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Turns out, a kid brought in with gunshot wounds died in that room the same night, and a final look at the security footage shows a mysterious third man — clearly hiding his face from all cameras under a label-less baseball cap — entering the same room around the same time as Ji.
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Stealth jurors — those who hide their true biases to influence a verdict — could pose a serious problem for prosecutors in either of Mangione's cases, Rahmani said.
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Since the trade, Reese has been on a tear.
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Some houses have plumbing lines that run through the ceiling—mainly to minimize tear-down during plumbing disasters.
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Thinly slice the tomatoes themselves for the red addition to the salad, and use the oil for the salad dressing — no need to pull out a bottle of olive oil.
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Warm scacciata, a traditional Sicilian bread, is presented whole and sliced warm to order.
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Police have arrested a 22-year-old man who was caught on camera whipping a yellow taxi cab with a belt, damaging the hood, following the Knicks’ comeback victory in Game 4 of the NBA finals, officials said Friday.
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Democrats work ceaselessly to whip the American people into a frenzy of hate and conflict.
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Pride flags are once again blowing in the breeze on Kings Highway in Haddonfield, New Jersey, less than 48 hours after police say a man ripped most of them down in the middle of the borough's busy business district.
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Sequined trousers resembled jeans, while ripped denim was finished with fine silver chains.
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Kirkmeyer has campaigned on affordability and safety issues, Bottoms is pushing for a redo of the state's education system among other things and Marx wants to cut regulations and lower the cost of living.
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Terrell Carstens, a 25-year resident of Brookhaven, said she is frustrated the city made little effort to find places to cut costs instead of raising the rate.
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Right-back Jean-Kevin Duverne did brilliantly to beat his man and send in a low cross that Lenny Joseph tried to flick into the net, the ball going in off Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou for an own goal.
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Boxed into the corner by two Americans, Güler flicked the ball perfectly between Pulisic's legs and ran around him, creating the space necessary to start the final sequence.
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“Slash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slash. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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