slash

Noun

• a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

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

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

• a wound made by cutting
  • he put a bandage over the cut
    

Verb

• move or stir about violently
  • The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed
    

• cut drastically
  • Prices were slashed
    

• cut open
  • she slashed her wrists
    

• beat severely with a whip or rod
  • The teacher often flogged the students
    
  • The children were severely trounced
    

• cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  gash , solidus , virgule , diagonal , stroke , separatrix , cut , slice , convulse , thresh , thresh about , thrash , thrash about , toss , jactitate , flog , welt , whip , lather , lash , strap , trounce , cut down