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slashed

The store displayed slashed prices on summer clothing.

Definition

Adjective: 1. Cut or wounded with a sweeping stroke: Describes something that has been cut, torn, or gashed, often with a sharp instrument, leaving a long, deep mark. 2. Reduced sharply: Used to describe rates, prices, or amounts that have been cut drastically or severely lowered. 3. Decorated with slits: Describes fabric or clothing that has long, narrow ornamental cuts, often revealing a different color or material underneath. 4. Marked with streaks or lines: Describes a surface patterned with broad, sweeping strokes or streaks of color.

Examples
  • The slashed tires rendered the car immobile.
  • The store advertised slashed prices on all winter clothing.
  • The knight wore a slashed doublet that showed the blue silk beneath the red velvet.
  • The painting featured a sky slashed with brilliant orange at sunset.
Advanced Usage
  • "Slashed and burned": A phrase (often used literally in agriculture or metaphorically) describing a radical, destructive clearing or elimination.
  • In artistic description, "slashed" can imply vigor or violence in the application of marks.
Variants and Related Words
  • Slash (verb): To cut with a violent sweeping stroke; to reduce drastically.
  • Slash (noun): A long, deep cut; a diagonal stroke (/) used in writing; a sharp reduction.
  • Slashing (adjective): Forcefully critical; moving or striking with force.
Synonyms
  • Cut: To make an opening with a sharp edge.
  • Gashed: Cut deeply.
  • Reduced: Made smaller or less.
  • Lowered: Brought down in level.
  • Streaked: Marked with lines or bands of color.
Related Phrasal Verbs
  • Slash away at: To attack or cut at something repeatedly.
  • Slash down: To cut so that something falls.
Related Idioms
  • To slash one's wrists: An idiom meaning to drastically and harmfully reduce one's own chances, often in a business or political context. (Note: This is a metaphorical idiom; the literal meaning is a serious act of self-harm.)
slashed

The store displayed slashed prices on summer clothing.

Adjective
  1. (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
    • the slashed prices attracted buyers
  2. having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric
    • a slashed doublet
    • slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining
  3. patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes
    • brown iris...slashed with yellow- Willa Cather

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