Synonyms of slashes

slashes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of slash

1

as in slits

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• slices
• rips
• cuts
• stabs
• bruises
• pierces
• splits
• shears
• incises
• gashes
• chops
• cleaves
• tears
• severs
• saws
• crosscuts
• scissors
• carves
• lacerates
• rends
• haggles
• chips
• mangles
• hacks
• rives
• dissects
• sections
• notches
• butchers
• minces
• chisels
• hacksaws
• amputates
• anatomizes
• dices
• cuts off

2

as in hides

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

• hides
• whips
• cuts
• flicks
• slaps
• switches
• lashes
• hits
• thrashes
• flails
• knocks
• punches
• flagellates
• licks
• spanks
• flogs
• scourges
• leathers
• bangs
• tans
• mauls
• swipes
• smacks
• whales
• whacks
• horsewhips
• pounds
• bats
• straps
• clips
• beats
• claps
• cowhides
• birches
• thumps
• rawhides
• swats
• boxes
• canes
• clubs
• quirts
• thwacks
• clobbers
• bashes
• socks
• cracks
• pastes
• pelts
• smites
• cudgels
• knouts
• bludgeons
• touches up
• hammers
• pummels
• paddles
• mangles
• cuffs
• wallops
• lams
• bops
• belts
• slugs
• clouts
• works over
• slates
• threshes
• batters
• laces
• lambastes
• roughs
• busts
• buffets
• bastes
• belabors
• fustigates
• slogs
• blackjacks
• lathers
• pistol-whips
• fibs
• tromps
• pommels
• drubs
• whups
• whops
• bungs

slashes

2 of 2

noun

plural of slash

as in tears

a long deep cut

made a slash in the fabric with a knife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• tears
• scratches
• lacerations
• rents
• fractures
• rips
• incisions
• injuries
• gashes
• wounds
• scrapes
• scores
• abrasions
• cracks
• snags
• ruptures

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of slashes

Verb

Using a sharp knife, make crosswise slashes every 2 in [5 cm] along the body, cutting down to the bone. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

Northrop Grumman slashes overall weight and reduces total part counts, manufacturing combat-ready autonomous jets at a fraction of typical costs. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2026

The company wants Starship to be a fully and rapidly reusable transport system that slashes the cost of spaceflight. — Sven Bilén, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026

Peak season is considered late-December through April, and during off-season months like November and May, A-Basin slashes the midweek lift ticket price to $50. — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 16 Sep. 2026

Microsoft slashes Xbox Cloud Gaming to just 15 hours a month for Ultimate subscribers. — Tom Warren, The Verge, 8 Sep. 2026

The background of the film is the budget slashes that are happening in this sector all over the Western world, as the government withdraws its own form of care. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Critics argue the effort slashes the limited due process immigrants receive. — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026

Applying this rule to back-to-school clothes, summer swimwear, and winter boots takes minimal extra effort (plus a little storage space) and slashes kid clothing budgets in half. — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 31 July 2026

Noun

Rub the remaining marinade all over, making sure to tuck some into the slashes and under the cheeks. — Emma Specter, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026

And if that weren't enough numbers and slashes, ARMs also come with rate caps that limit how quickly and how far the rate can rise. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026

Even as there has been some bipartisan pushback to the slashes, aspects of children’s lives from school to home to doctor’s offices could be affected. — Justin Klawans, TheWeek, 12 Aug. 2026

One had tiny slashes of black makeup at the edges of her eyes. — Karan Mahajan, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2026

As Nordstrom celebrates 125 years of business, the retailer is putting its largest-ever beauty assortment on sale, with hundreds of price slashes witnessed across skin care, makeup, fragrance, trending beauty tools, and other categories. — Camila Quimper, Footwear News, 20 July 2026

Guitars provide brief, jagged slashes of color, but the spotlight stays trained on Strummer and his end-times tale. — Debby Wolfinsohn, Entertainment Weekly, 7 July 2026

To hear the full episode, subscribe through iTunes, Google Play, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app (include the forward slashes when searching). — Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 25 June 2026

Page also cited the administration’s efforts to cut grants from low-income schools, research in higher education and others, as well as slashes to the department’s Office of Civil Rights, research and data division, and general staff. — Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 2 June 2026