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

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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

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Recent Examples of slashed During the same period, state lawmakers have cut top personal income tax rates 210 times and slashed corporate tax rates 168 times. — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 30 July 2026 Then, weeks after the conflict broke out, the country abruptly slashed its oil purchases, eventually cutting them by half compared with prewar levels. — Rogé Karma, The Atlantic, 29 July 2026 The word counts of the Federal Open Market Committee’s press releases have been slashed in half. — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 July 2026 Rushdie, who was about to speak on writers’ safety, was slashed 15 times in front of a stunned audience. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 Rushdie, who was about to speak on writers’ safety when he was attacked, was slashed 15 times in front of a stunned audience. — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Rushdie, who was about to speak on writers' safety, was slashed 15 times in front of a stunned audience. — CBS News, 29 July 2026 For nearly 50 years, illustrator and comic book creator Bill Sienkiewicz has burned, splattered and slashed his way across the page with his expressionist approach to visual storytelling. — Rob Salkowitz, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Unitree has slashed the pretax price of its flagship G1 humanoid from $16,000 to $13,500 in just 18 months. — Charlie Campbell, Time, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slashed
  1. sliced
  2. whipped
  3. ripped
  4. cut
  5. stabbed
  6. lashed
  7. flicked
  8. slapped
Verb
  • The scramble for capacity is already spilling into the capital markets, where the risk gets sliced up and sold to investors as catastrophe bonds.
    — Dara-Abasi Ita, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
  • With that knife, Bland stabbed her husband in the head and neck — and, afterward, sliced her teenage daughter in the forearm as the teen tried to get Emii from Bland, the report says.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
Definition of sliced
Verb
  • Three minutes later, Son put away a volley after Carles Gil stopped a ball at the end line and whipped a cross into the center of the box.
    — Kamran Nia July 30, Charlotte Observer, 30 July 2026
  • Juan Rivera tried mate for the first time from his now wife Tiffany, who whipped it up for him while manning a beverage booth at a music festival.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • In the second hour of Thursday’s practice Gordon committed his second fumble in two days when cornerback Chris Johnson ripped the ball out, and recovered it.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 July 2026
  • The ferocious biting and pulling had broken the webbing and ripped the holster from my body.
    — Todd Orr, Outdoor Life, 30 July 2026
Definition of ripped
Verb
  • At the same time, the data shows, courts have severely cut the length of time many people are getting to prepare for complex immigration proceedings, from about six months to often just a little more than a month.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Using a paring knife, mark a smaller square inside each pastry square, leaving a 1/2 inch border (do not cut all the way through the dough).
    — Torie Cox, Southern Living, 1 Aug. 2026
Definition of cut
Verb
  • Carlos Dominguez stabbed two people to death in Davis and nearly killed a third.
    — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 27 July 2026
  • Ethan Chapin, 20; Kaylee Goncalves, 21; Xana Kernodle, 20; and Madison Mogen, 21, were fatally stabbed in the early morning hours of November 13, 2022, in Moscow, Idaho, authorities said.
    — Cindy Von Quednow, CNN Money, 27 July 2026
Definition of stabbed
Verb
  • Beijing lashed out, restricting vital commerce and the flow of Chinese tourists on which Japan – the world’s fourth-largest economy – depends.
    — Ann Scott Tyson, Christian Science Monitor, 29 July 2026
  • Trump has repeatedly lashed out at the CNN White House correspondent, and her colleagues have defended her against him.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 28 July 2026
Definition of lashed
Verb
  • Timo Baumgartl chipped a cross to left side, where Tomas Totland flicked a header back to Ostrak for a bending shot from the corner of the penalty area that ricocheted off the back post to open the scoring.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
  • Standing up, the Ghost actress dramatically flicked back her signature waist-length sleek black hair and spun around, ready to get to work on the girls.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 25 July 2026
Definition of flicked
Verb
  • The liability verdict Basabe’s former aide, Nicolas Frevola, testified that Basabe slapped him in the face at a private event in January 2023 and that Basabe slapped his butt without his consent a month prior.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
  • The Atlanta Journal’s weather reporter went to Florida to spend a quiet vacation away from the elements — and on the very first day a tropical storm jumped up and slapped him in the face.
    — AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of slapped

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