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noun
1.
a slash.
adjective
2.
sweeping; cutting.
3.
violent; severe: a slashing wind.
4.
dashing; impetuous.
5.
vivid; flashing; brilliant.
6.
Informal. very large or fine; splendid: a slashing fortune.
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verb (used with object)
1.
to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
2.
to lash; whip.
3.
to cut, reduce, or alter: The editors slashed the story to half its length.
4.
to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric.
5.
to criticize, censure, or attack in a savage or cutting manner.
verb (used without object)
6.
to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting.
7.
to make a sweeping, cutting stroke.
noun
8.
a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
9.
a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke.
10.
a curtailment, reduction, or alteration: a drastic slash of prices.
11.
a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric.
12.
EXPAND13.
COLLAPSE(in forest land)
a.
an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire.
b.
the debris itself.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English slaschen < ?
1350–1400; Middle English slaschen < ?
Related forms
un·slashed, adjective
Synonyms
3. abridge, abbreviate.
3. abridge, abbreviate.
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Word Origin & History
slash
1382, "to cut with a stroke of a blade or whip," perhaps from M.Fr. esclachier "to break," variant of esclater "to break, splinter" (see slat). In ref. to prices, it is attested from 1906. The noun meaning "a cutting stroke with a weapon" is recorded from 1576; sense of "slit
EXPANDin a garment" is from 1615; that of "open tract in a forest" is first attested 1825, Amer.Eng. As a punctuation mark in writing or printing, it is recorded from 1961. Slash-and-burn method of clearing forest for cultivation is from 1919.
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