Synonyms of slash

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slash 1 of 2

verb

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1

as in to slit

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slit
• slice
• rip
• cut
• stab
• pierce
• split
• gash
• bruise
• shear
• chop
• incise
• hack
• cleave
• tear
• scissor
• crosscut
• carve
• hacksaw
• sever
• mangle
• rend
• chip
• butcher
• lacerate
• chisel
• rive
• notch
• dissect
• saw
• section
• cut off
• mince
• amputate
• dice
• haggle
• anatomize

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hide
• whip
• cut
• flick
• switch
• hit
• slap
• leather
• lash
• punch
• flail
• thrash
• knock
• scourge
• lick
• birch
• tan
• flog
• maul
• horsewhip
• flagellate
• whale
• spank
• bat
• bang
• smack
• swipe
• whack
• cowhide
• pound
• strap
• rawhide
• clip
• beat
• quirt
• cane
• box
• clap
• thump
• knout
• swat
• club
• bash
• slug
• crack
• cudgel
• hammer
• clobber
• pummel
• touch up
• rough
• smite
• mangle
• pelt
• bludgeon
• paste
• bop
• sock
• blackjack
• cuff
• thwack
• slate
• paddle
• bust
• belt
• fustigate
• clout
• work over
• bung
• wallop
• pommel
• lam
• batter
• buffet
• lace
• lambaste
• drub
• thresh
• fib
• pistol-whip
• lather
• whop
• slog
• whup
• baste
• tromp
• lambast
• belabor
• whap

slash

2 of 2

noun

as in slit

a long deep cut

made a slash in the fabric with a knife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slit
• tear
• rip
• scratch
• fracture
• gash
• rent
• laceration
• injury
• wound
• incision
• scrape
• score
• abrasion
• crack
• rupture
• snag