Synonyms of slashed

slashed

verb

past tense of slash

1

as in sliced

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sliced
• ripped
• cut
• stabbed
• slit
• bruised
• pierced
• gashed
• sheared
• incised
• chopped
• sawed
• split
• severed
• cleaved
• tore
• carved
• lacerated
• mangled
• hacked
• butchered
• dissected
• scissored
• crosscut
• chipped
• notched
• hacksawed
• rived
• chiseled
• rent
• haggled
• sectioned
• amputated
• minced
• diced
• cut off
• anatomized

2

as in whipped

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

• whipped
• cut
• lashed
• flicked
• slapped
• switched
• flailed
• thrashed
• hit
• knocked
• punched
• flogged
• hided
• scourged
• licked
• smacked
• mauled
• spanked
• pounded
• tanned
• horsewhipped
• banged
• whacked
• flagellated
• strapped
• batted
• clipped
• swiped
• whaled
• leathered
• birched
• cowhided
• thumped
• clapped
• rawhided
• beat
• swatted
• clubbed
• caned
• boxed
• bashed
• battered
• cracked
• pelted
• pummeled
• socked
• clobbered
• slugged
• touched up
• pasted
• mangled
• hammered
• bludgeoned
• buffeted
• smote
• cuffed
• knouted
• quirted
• slated
• bopped
• busted
• thwacked
• roughed
• clouted
• walloped
• lambasted
• laced
• bunged
• lathered
• paddled
• worked over
• cudgeled
• pistol-whipped
• belted
• blackjacked
• drubbed
• basted
• threshed
• slogged
• whupped
• fustigated
• belabored
• lammed
• fibbed
• tromped
• whopped
• pommeled

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slashed

Ionis Pharmaceuticals lost more than $1 billion in market value on Monday after the company slashed sales projections for a triglyceride-lowering drug the biotech and Wall Street analysts believe is a potential blockbuster. — Jonathan Wosen, STAT, 10 Nov. 2026

Milei’s austerity drive has produced a rare budget surplus and slashed annual inflation from 200% to about 32%. — Isabel Debre, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2026

The Catholic Church has criticized Milei’s austerity measures that have slashed social spending, and his embrace of artificial intelligence. — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 8 Nov. 2026

Police say Yosheka Jarmon had been strangled with an electrical cord and one of her arms had been slashed. — Luke Jones, ABC News, 6 Nov. 2026

Filming ‘Roar’ Filming her mother and stepfather’s passion project, Roar, left the young actress with a scar after she was slashed by a lioness on set. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Nov. 2026

Fidelity National Information Services — The financial software stock tumbled 24% after the company slashed its full-year earnings outlook. — Michelle Fox, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2026

With tax revenue slashed, businesses, landlords and owners of other non-homestead properties like second homes would almost certainly see their taxes go up. — Abigail Hall, The Conversation, 4 Nov. 2026

The bronze doors look as if they’ve been slashed to reveal mysterious innards, revealing a geometric pattern that looks almost legible, like a sci-fi language. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2026