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   slash

   /slaʃ/

   verb

   • 1. cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword: "for what felt like hours we climbed behind the trackers slashing the undergrowth ahead" Similar cut (open)gashslitsplit openlacerateknifehackmake an incision inscoreriptearliterary:rend
   • ▪ reduce (a price, quantity, etc.) greatly: informal "the workforce has been slashed by 2,000" Similar reducecutdropbring downmark downlowerput downget rid ofaxecutshedloseOpposite raiseput upcreate
   • 2. lash, whip, or thrash: archaic "slash him with bridle-reins and dog-whips!"
   • ▪ crack (a whip): "he slashed his whip so near the horse that the creature was frightened"
   • ▪ criticize severely: "it was Lewes who had slashed the book"

   noun

   • 1. a wide, sweeping stroke made with a knife or sword: "the man took a mighty slash at his head with a large sword"
   • ▪ a long, deep cut made by a knife or sword: "he staggered over with a crimson slash across his temple" Similar cutgashlacerationslithackstrokescoreincisionwoundinjuryriptearrent
   • ▪ a bright patch or flash of colour or light: "the foliage is handsome—yellow and gold with the odd slash of red"
   • 2. an oblique stroke (/) in print or writing, used between alternatives (e.g. and/or), in fractions (e.g. 3/4), in ratios (e.g. miles/day), or between separate elements of a text: "sentence breaks are highlighted by slashes" Similar strokebackslashobliquesolidusdiagonalvirguleslant
   • ▪ a genre of fiction, chiefly published in fanzines or online, in which characters who appear together in film, television, or other popular media, are portrayed as having a sexual, especially gay, relationship: "this year's sleeper hit is a faithful screen adaptation of Star Trek slash fiction"
   • 3. an act of urinating: informal British "Gary went upstairs for a slash"
   • 4. debris resulting from the felling or destruction of trees: North American "the mountainsides were strewn with slash"

   conjunction

   • 1. used to link alternatives or words denoting or describing a dual (or multiple) function or nature: informal "a fashionable theatre-slash-bar-slash-restaurant"

   Word Origin late Middle English: perhaps imitative, or from Old French esclachier ‘break in pieces’. The noun dates from the late 16th century.

   Scrabble Points: 8

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