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.

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

to make a sweeping, cutting stroke.

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.

verb

fix , mend , sew , increase , raise

verb

carve , chop , gash , hack , incise , injure , lacerate , open up , pierce , rend , rip , score , sever , slice , slit , wound , abbreviate , abridge , clip , curtail , cut , cut back , cut down , drop , lower , mark down , pare , retrench , shave , shorten , blister , drub , excoriate , flay , lash , rip into , scarify , scathe , scorch , scourge , slap , crop , lop , prune , shear , trim , truncate , butcher , criticize , decrease , knife , laceration , lessen , reduce , strike , stripe

noun

gash , incision , slice , slit , split , scotch , scratch , abatement , curtailment , cut , cutback , decrement , diminishment , diminution , drain , reduction , slowdown , taper