Thesaurus results for SLASHED

slashed

verb

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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 Cole was tested immediately, as speedy Rays leadoff man Chandler Simpson slashed a soft single on the game’s second pitch. —

Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 May 2026 With San Marcos second baseman Nolan Andrews crashing, Foss skipped the bunt and slashed a single to center. —

John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2026 Again in May, police said a man attacked another man and slashed him in the neck at a Roxbury MBTA station. —

Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 23 May 2026 Retailers like Amazon, Samsonite, Nordstrom, and Away have all slashed the prices on some of their bestselling and most splurge-worthy bags during these Memorial Day sales. —

Jasmine Gomez, Travel + Leisure, 22 May 2026 During the previous administration, available slots at the capital’s airport were slashed from 61 to 43 per hour, before ticking back up to 44 last year. —

ABC News, 20 May 2026 By developing a process to cut these composites into building elements, Lendager's company slashed the project's carbon dioxide footprint when compared to using an aluminum or motorized system. —

Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026 Those numbers were slashed on May 1 due to work restrictions, leaving more than 100,000 people without reliable food access. —

Allison Kiehl, Chicago Tribune, 16 May 2026 Maryland officials slashed $126 million this spring from programs serving people with developmental disabilities, with much of the impact falling on families like Gonce’s. —

Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 15 May 2026

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Ramsey Suarez sliced a double down the left-field line as the ball landed less than a foot into fair territory.

— Liana Handler, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2026
Although Republicans who dominate the state Legislature are aligned on the broad contours of the new map, the House and Senate have competing visions for how to divvy up certain localities, including which parishes will be kept whole and which will be sliced up.

— David A. Lieb, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026