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

Even better, the deals aren’t just last season’s leftovers—the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale slashes prices on new 2026 season favorites. — Kayla Becker, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 July 2026

Smiley slashes Mari across the belly and Fatima lets out a monstrous shriek. — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

This comes as the company reportedly slashes product prices and prepares for a potential IPO, amid accusations from Florida's AG regarding unsafe product releases. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026

The process cuts down air pollution and slashes industrial water consumption. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

Rivian slashes service wait times. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 10 June 2026

The San Diego City Council unanimously finalized a deal Monday that slashes new trash fees for single-family homes starting next summer and eliminates paid parking in Balboa Park this December. — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026

There were also slashes through one of the plane’s tires. — Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 4 June 2026

Just in time for summer, Amazon’s Memorial Day sale slashes 25% off the price of these Nike Calm Mules, which play off the trending sneakers-to-sandals trend. — Tim Chan, Footwear News, 22 May 2026

Noun

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

Within many of the pieces are his grid-like codes, sculpted into nonsensical slashes and symbols that evoke the ancient writings of Mesopotamian and Sumerian cuneiform. — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 28 May 2026

In both cases, the victims suffered slashes to the face. — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 14 May 2026

All central office departments will see staffing slashes. — Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 8 May 2026

Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity. — Naomi Fry, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026

That segment of the show largely stripped out the guitars to focus on clubby techno and nasty slashes of synth noise. — Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2026