Synonyms of slash

slash 1 of 2

verb

1

as in to slit

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slit
• slice
• rip
• cut
• pierce
• stab
• split
• bruise
• shear
• incise
• chop
• gash
• tear
• cleave
• sever
• carve
• hack
• crosscut
• rend
• butcher
• chip
• saw
• rive
• scissor
• dissect
• hacksaw
• lacerate
• section
• chisel
• haggle
• mangle
• notch
• cut off
• dice
• mince
• amputate
• anatomize

2

as in to hide

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

• hide
• whip
• cut
• flick
• switch
• hit
• slap
• leather
• lash
• flail
• thrash
• punch
• knock
• tan
• lick
• flog
• scourge
• spank
• horsewhip
• flagellate
• birch
• maul
• whale
• smack
• bat
• bang
• swipe
• whack
• cowhide
• rawhide
• strap
• clip
• pound
• beat
• cane
• quirt
• clap
• box
• thump
• swat
• club
• touch up
• crack
• bash
• smite
• slug
• rough
• cudgel
• knout
• pummel
• clobber
• pelt
• mangle
• bludgeon
• paste
• sock
• hammer
• slate
• clout
• bop
• paddle
• cuff
• blackjack
• thwack
• belt
• bust
• work over
• lambast
• batter
• lambaste
• fustigate
• bung
• wallop
• lam
• thresh
• buffet
• pommel
• lace
• drub
• lather
• fib
• slog
• whup
• baste
• pistol-whip
• whop
• belabor
• tromp
• whap

slash

2 of 2

noun

as in slit

a long deep cut

made a slash in the fabric with a knife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slit
• tear
• scratch
• rip
• gash
• laceration
• fracture
• rent
• injury
• incision
• wound
• scrape
• score
• abrasion
• crack
• snag
• rupture