Thesaurus results for SLASHED

slashed

verb

past tense of slash

as in sliced

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

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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 Carolina was in a state of disarray in the third, and after going on a power play, Sebastian Aho slashed Marner, who was headed to the net on a short-handed breakaway. —

Matt Reigle, FOXNews.com, 7 June 2026 Sumner barely escaped death; his head and shoulders were slashed to the bone. —

Rob Wolfe, The Atlantic, 5 June 2026 Premiering at the 2016 SXSW festival, this true crime documentary highlights the disturbing attack on Payton Leutner by her 12-year-old friends, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, who slashed her 19 times in a bizarre attempt to appease the fictional, eerie internet figure known as Slender Man. —

James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 4 June 2026 Companies have hiked rates and slashed polices in recent years leaving Californians across the state searching for relief from their insurance leader. —

Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026 The millions of Americans who rely on Social Security could see their monthly benefit checks slashed by an average of about $500 if the program's retirement trust fund becomes insolvent, a scenario currently projected for the end of 2032. —

Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 3 June 2026 The host committee originally announced an $80 round trip bus service from locations in New York City to MetLife Stadium, but then slashed the cost by 75 per cent, reducing the fare for fans from $80 to $20 during the tournament. —

Adam Crafton, New York Times, 2 June 2026 China, which had been on a stockpiling spree, slashed its buying. —

Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 2 June 2026 Critics contend that the country’s poverty rate sharply increased as Milei slashed welfare spending, devalued the country’s currency and rolled back labor rights as job losses mounted and as pension payments plummeted. —

Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026

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Pink Lady apples are thinly sliced, then vacuum crisped until crunchy.

— Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026
The longtime firefighter fell while in the water, and the tip of the foil wing sliced his neck, severing his trachea, according to initial reporting on the incident from Hawaii News Now.

— Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 6 June 2026