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