"slashed" in the verb sense
1. slash, cut down
cut with sweeping strokes as with an ax or machete
2. flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"
"The children were severely trounced"
3. slash, gash
cut open
"she slashed her wrists"
4. slash
cut drastically
"Prices were slashed"
5. convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate
move or stir about violently
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
"slashed" in the adjective sense
1. slashed
patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes
"brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather
2. slashed
having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric
"a slashed doublet"
"slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"
3. cut, slashed
used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply
"the slashed prices attracted buyers"
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