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slash
Pronunciation: (slash), [key] ? v.t.
- to cut with a violent sweeping stroke or by striking violently and at random, as with a knife or sword.
- to lash; whip.
- to cut, reduce, or alter: The editors slashed the story to half its length.
- to make slits in (a garment) to show an underlying fabric.
- to criticize, censure, or attack in a savage or cutting manner.
?v.i. - to lay about one with sharp, sweeping strokes; make one's way by cutting.
- to make a sweeping, cutting stroke.
?n. - a sweeping stroke, as with a knife, sword, or pen.
- a cut, wound, or mark made with such a stroke.
- a curtailment, reduction, or alteration: a drastic slash of prices.
- a decorative slit in a garment showing an underlying fabric.
- virgule.
- (in forest land)
- an open area strewn with debris of trees from felling or from wind or fire.
- the debris itself.
slash
Pronunciation: (slash), [key] ? n.
- Often,a tract of wet or swampy ground overgrown with bushes or trees.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.