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slash(medicine)
slash(1)(dictionary)
slash(2)(dictionary)
slash(4)(dictionary)
slash 1, verb(dictionary)
forward slash(dictionary)
slash 2, noun(dictionary)
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slash(4) (iou)



slash verb. LME.
[Prob. imit. (cf. FLASH verb), or aphet. from Old French esclachier break, rel. to esclater (mod. eclater) (see SLAT verb3).]
verb trans. Cut or wound with a sweeping stroke of a knife, sword, etc.; make a long narrow cut or cuts in; cut off with such a stroke. LME.
A. J. Toynbee A man armed with a..machete slashes a track..through the undergrowth. P. Theroux The thieves..slashed open your suitcase. P. Mailloux Weiss..killed himself by slashing his wrists.
b. Clear (land) of vegetation; cut down (trees or undergrowth). Also foll. by down. Chiefly N. Amer. E19.
c. Reduce (esp. a price) drastically. E20.
Daily Mirror Labour held their seat in yesterday's..by-election. But their majority was slashed. Stage The Tower Hamlets Council had decided to slash its grant to the arts.
verb intrans. Deliver or aim a sweeping cutting stroke or strokes, esp. at random (freq. foll. by at); make gashes or wounds. M16.
M. Twain In the fights..these lads hacked and slashed with the same tremendous spirit. M. Sinclair Slashing at nothing with her racquet.
b. Cricket. Play a violent attacking stroke. E20.
verb trans.
a. Cut or lash with a whip. E17.
b. Crack (a whip). M17.
verb trans. Rebuke or criticize severely. M17.
G. S. Haight Believing that it was Lewes who had slashed the book, Mrs. Phillipson attacks the 'Westminster Reviewer'.
verb trans. Cut vertical or oblique slits in (a garment) to show a contrasting lining etc.; insert a contrasting piece of fabric in; ornament with a contrasting colour or fabric in this way. Chiefly as slashed adjective. L17.
J. Buchan A doublet of purple velvet slashed with yellow satin.
Comb.: slash-and-burn adjective & noun (a) adjective designating a system of cultivation in which vegetation is cut down, allowed to dry, and then burned off before crops are planted; (b) noun this system; slash-burning = slash-and-burn (b) above; slash-hook = SLASHER 2b.
slashed adjective (a) (esp. of a part of a garment) having slits to show a contrasting lining etc.; (b) Botany deeply cut; laciniate; (c) Cricket played with or resulting from a slash: M17.
slashy adjective (rare) of a slashing nature; sharp: M19.