slash

nouns

a wound made by cutting
"he put a bandage over the cut"
cut, gash, slash, slice
an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
slash
is a type of (narrower)
the solid part of the earth's surface
"the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"
dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma
a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
diagonal, separatrix, slash, solidus, stroke, virgule
a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
gash, slash

verbs

cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
cut down, slash
is derived from
slasher
beat severely with a whip or rod
"The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
cut open
"she slashed her wrists"
gash, slash
cut drastically
"Prices were slashed"
slash
is a type of (narrower)
cut down on; make a reduction in
"reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits"
bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down
move or stir about violently
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
convulse, jactitate, slash, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss