slash
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(noun) a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument |
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Synonyms: gash, slashing |
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Related Words: cut, cutting |
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(verb) cut drastically; "Prices were slashed" |
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Related Words: bring down, cut, cut back, cut down, reduce, trim, trim back, trim down |
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(verb) cut open; "she slashed her wrists" |
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Synonyms: gash |
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Related Words: cut |
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(verb) cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete |
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Synonyms: cut down |
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Related Words: cut |
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(noun) an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind) |
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Related Words: dry land, earth, ground, land, solid ground, terra firma |
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(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information |
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Synonyms: diagonal, separatrix, solidus, stroke, virgule |
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Related Words: punctuation, punctuation mark |
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(noun) a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut" |
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Synonyms: cut, gash, slice |
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Related Words: lesion, wound |
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(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students" |
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Synonyms: flog, lash, lather, strap, trounce, welt, whip |
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Related Words: beat, beat up, birch, cat, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, scourge |
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(verb) beat about |
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Synonyms: convulse, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss |
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Related Words: agitate, shake, whip |
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