slash (
http://definr.com/slash)
n 1: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
[syn:
cut,
gash,
slice]
2: an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris
from logging (or fire or wind)
3: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn:
solidus,
virgule,
diagonal,
stroke,
separatrix]
4: a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument [syn:
gash]
v 1: cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete [syn: {cut
down}]
2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
flog,
welt,
whip,
lather,
lash,
strap,
trounce]
3: cut open; "she slashed her wrists" [syn:
gash]
4: cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
5: move or stir about violently; The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn:
convulse,
thresh, {thresh
about},
thrash,
thrash about,
toss]