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[[t]slæʃ[/t]]

v. t.

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:

to slash salaries[/ex]

4) clo to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric

5) to criticize or censure savagely

6) to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting

7) to make a sweeping, cutting stroke

8) a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen

9) pat a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke

10) a curtailment, reduction, or alteration:

a slash in prices[/ex]

11) clo a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric

12) pri

virgule

13) ecl (in forest land)

a) an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire

b) the debris itself

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Etymology: 1350–1400; of uncert. orig. II

slash

[[t]slæʃ[/t]] n.

ecl Often, slashes. a tract of wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes or trees

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Etymology: 1645–55, amer.; orig. uncert.