as in to slice
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
I slit my finger open while cleaning up the broken glass
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Recent Examples of slit
Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
It’s thoughtfully designed, with a flattering side slit and patches in the armpit area to ensure modest coverage.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
Terri Peters, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
And that’s exactly what Hub gets when attempting to arrest two criminals who have escaped bail, but who end up catching the bondsman off-guard, shooting him with a shotgun blast (a bulletproof vest saves his life) and then ultimately slitting his throat with a knife.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Other types of spout include a flip-open rigid spout, a slit or holes (like a shaker).
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 11 June 2025
It’s thoughtfully designed, with a flattering side slit and patches in the armpit area to ensure modest coverage.
—Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 17 June 2025
Verb
The leg slits are nicely placed and the shoulder cut is perfect.
—Terri Peters, Parents, 29 Apr. 2025
And that’s exactly what Hub gets when attempting to arrest two criminals who have escaped bail, but who end up catching the bondsman off-guard, shooting him with a shotgun blast (a bulletproof vest saves his life) and then ultimately slitting his throat with a knife.
—Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slit
Noun
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All four judges voted to send Moore through to the next round, bringing his father to tears backstage.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
25 June 2025
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More Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Just in the playoffs alone, the league saw three stars go down with Achilles tears.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
Verb
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Most of these pristine hailstones go directly to a cold lab in Colorado, where they are sliced with a hot wire band saw.—
Seth Borenstein,
Christian Science Monitor,
23 June 2025
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The pair later sliced into a two-tiered wedding cake topped with fresh grapes and figs.—
Ashlyn Robinette,
People.com,
23 June 2025
Noun
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And while the importance of the visual outcome is obvious — achieving undetectable incisions via adept suturing — the aptitude of the practitioner’s craft determines the effect the patient didn’t think enough about in advance: loss, or not, of feeling.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2025
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The surgery involves making a local retina detachment, followed by a small retinal incision to insert the implant.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Norms are being shattered, aid budgets for the poorest and most vulnerable are being slashed, and for the first time in a generation, extreme poverty has been on the rise.—
Michael Sheldrick,
Forbes.com,
1 July 2025
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Trump also suggested that the Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE — the cost-cutting division unpopular among Americans that Musk led before exiting the administration in late May — might consider slashing incentives that Musk’s companies receive from the U.S. government.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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This clearly revealed a large gash in the man's esophagus resulting from the robust eruption.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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Then, Edward James Pull beat his mother with the rifle, leaving her with an eight-inch gash on her head and cuts and bruises all over her body, prosecutors said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2025
Verb
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And, Roman says, a vital support system was ripped away: public services.—
Meg Anderson,
NPR,
30 June 2025
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Meanwhile, boats all along the southwest shore were being swamped or ripped from their moorings and piling up on rocks or beaches, often crashing into other vessels.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
30 June 2025
Verb
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The prospect of trying to cut open a stubborn 5-4-1 block in the Orlando heat could have become torturous quite quickly.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
28 June 2025
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According to a report on Bloomberg, MSFT is planning to cut thousands of jobs in its Xbox gaming division.—
MoneyShow,
Forbes.com,
27 June 2025
Verb
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She was found on the ground near the lifeguard stand with an umbrella stake that had pierced the front of her left shoulder and was sticking out the back of her arm by about 1 foot, Asbury Park Fire Chief Kevin Keddy told ABC News.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
25 June 2025
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The scepter pierced the ground of the Huanacaure mountain, and so rose the glimmering empire of Cuzco.—
Ana Karina Zatarain,
New Yorker,
21 June 2025
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“Slit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slit. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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