"slashes" in the noun sense

1. cut, gash, slash, slice

a wound made by cutting

"he put a bandage over the cut"

2. slash

an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)

3. solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix

a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

4. slash, gash

a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

"slashes" 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"

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