Slashed

slash  (slsh)

v. slashed, slash·ing, slash·es

v.tr.

1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush.

2. To lash with sweeping strokes.

3. To make a gash or gashes in.

4. Sports To swing a stick at (an opponent) in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.

5. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color: slash a sleeve.

6. To criticize sharply: The reviewers slashed the composer's work.

7. To reduce or curtail drastically: slash prices for a clearance sale.

v.intr.

1. To make forceful sweeping strokes with or as if with a sharp instrument.

2. To cut one's way with such strokes: We slashed through the dense jungle.

n.

1. A forceful sweeping stroke made with a sharp instrument.

2. A long cut or other opening made by such a stroke; a gash or slit.

3. A decorative slit in a fabric or garment.

4. Branches and other residue left on a forest floor after the cutting of timber.

5. Wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes and trees. Often used in the plural.

6. Printing A virgule.

conj. Informal

As well as; and. Used in combination and often rendered as a virgule in print: an actor-slash-writer; a waiter/dancer.

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[Perhaps from obsolete French esclachier, to break, variant of esclater, from Old French, from esclat, splinter; see slat.]

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	slashed - patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather patterned - having patterns (especially colorful patterns)
	2.	slashed - having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining" cut - fashioned or shaped by cutting; "a well-cut suit"; "cut diamonds"; "cut velvet"
	3.	slashed - (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers" cut decreased, reduced - made less in size or amount or degree