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Synonyms for slash
slæʃslash

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Princeton's WordNet2.7 / 3 votes

  1. cut, gash, slash, slicenoun

    a wound made by cutting

    "he put a bandage over the cut"

    Synonyms:
    gash, solidus, stroke, cold shoulder, cutting, fade, cut, swing, deletion, cutting off, virgule, excision, diagonal, piece, baseball swing, track, undercut, cut of meat, slicing, snub, separatrix, slice, stinger

  2. slashnoun

    an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

    Synonyms:
    gash, slice, virgule, solidus, separatrix, diagonal, cut, stroke

  3. solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrixnoun

    a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

    Synonyms:
    cam stroke, gash, throw, stroking, stroke, bezant, accident, fortuity, bezzant, cut, bias, solidus, virgule, diagonal, chance event, apoplexy, cerebrovascular accident, byzant, separatrix, slice, shot

  4. slash, gashverb

    a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

    Synonyms:
    gash, slice, virgule, solidus, separatrix, diagonal, cut, stroke

  5. slash, cut downverb

    cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

    Synonyms:
    thresh about, jactitate, bring down, toss, trounce, welt, cut out, fell, push down, convulse, trim down, reduce, cut down, strap, cut, cut back, strike down, knock down, trim, pull down, lather, whip, thresh, lash, down, flog, thrash about, gash, thrash, trim back, drop, mow

  6. flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounceverb

    beat severely with a whip or rod

    "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

    Synonyms:
    lambast, chide, welt, whip, convulse, crush, vanquish, blister, beat out, thresh, rack up, scald, strap, beat, reproof, trounce, flog, berate, jactitate, chew out, cut down, have words, lambaste, thresh about, bawl out, dress down, thrash about, take to task, worst, chew up, call down, lather, cane, thrash, toss, soap, reprimand, scold, lash, mop up, rebuke, whisk, jaw, rag, gash, pip, call on the carpet, remonstrate, lecture, shell

  7. slash, gashverb

    cut open

    "she slashed her wrists"

    Synonyms:
    thresh about, jactitate, toss, trounce, welt, convulse, cut down, strap, lather, whip, thresh, lash, flog, thrash about, gash, thrash

  8. slashverb

    cut drastically

    "Prices were slashed"

    Synonyms:
    gash, whip, thrash about, convulse, thrash, thresh, jactitate, trounce, flog, lash, lather, welt, cut down, strap, thresh about, toss

  9. convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitateverb

    move or stir about violently

    "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"

    Synonyms:
    throw out, cast aside, toss out, discard, whip, convulse, welt, bat, thresh, flip, toss away, strap, pitch, lam, fling, cast away, trounce, lick, jactitate, dispose, flog, chuck, drub, thresh about, slam dance, cut down, sky, cream, slam, thrash about, cast out, lather, chuck out, thrash, toss, throw away, clobber, lash, mosh, gash, flail, put away

Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. secosteroidsverb

    secosteroids means to cut.

    Submitted by bernice.chong on November 5, 2021  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slashverb

    Synonyms:
    slit

  2. slashnoun

    Synonyms:
    slit, long cut

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. slashnoun

    Synonyms:
    incision, gash, cut, slit

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "slash":

    florida, stroke, bar, backslash, slant

Nicknames0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of known nicknames for "Slash":

    Saul Hudson

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How to use slash in a sentence?

  1. Nicholas Jackson:

    It is our ambition to slash years off the normal timeline required for a vaccine, preclinical animal studies will start imminently and we will go through the various stages of research and development that will allow us to potentially enter the clinic next year.

  2. Donald Trump:

    Our slow and burdensome approval process at the Food and Drug Administration keeps too many advances, like the one that saved Megan's life, from reaching those in need, if we slash the restraints, not just at the FDA but across our government, then we will be blessed with far more miracles like Megan.

  3. Bernie Sanders:

    It is morally reprehensible that Wall Street vulture funds are demanding that Puerto Rico fire even more teachers, close more schools, cut pensions and slash the minimum wage so that they can reap huge profits off the misery of the people of Puerto Rico.

  4. Joseph Conrad:

    How does one kill fear, I wonder How do you shoot a spectre through the heart, slash off its spectral head, take it by the spectral throat

  5. Neil Saunders:

    Peloton has spent vast amounts of money on stores, factories, warehouses and other facilities to service demand that is now unlikely to materialize. The first step of the new CEO, Barry McCarthy, should be to slash costs to right-size the business.


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