Thesaurus results for SLASH

slash 1 of 2

verb

ˈslash

Definition of slash

as in to slit

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

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as in to hide

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at

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slash

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noun

as in slit

a long deep cut made a slash in the fabric with a knife

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Recent Examples of slash

Verb

State officials emphasized that California’s economy has continued to grow even as the state has slashed emissions, with gross domestic product up 40% since the passage of AB 32. — Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026 Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and Southwest Airlines also slashed their outlooks this month. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026

Noun

Many are missing teeth, a few have cracks or slashes or holes left from when something outside forced its way in. — Daniel Barnum, Longreads, 15 Oct. 2026 And if that weren't enough numbers and slashes, ARMs also come with rate caps that limit how quickly and how far the rate can rise. — Mike Winters, CNBC, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for slash

Recent Examples of Synonyms for slash

Verb

Afterward, Lindsay slit her wrists and neck, then jumped out of a second-story window.

— Selena Barrientos, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Instead Justine shows up to slit his throat and take the baby from him, leaving him for dead; the child winds up disappearing with Holtz into a hell dimension.

— Emily Temple, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of slit

Verb

Working in quick, gentle strokes, Abrams used her brush and sprayer to peel away dirt hiding the floral details on Eliza’s grave before moving to the next.

— Kimberlee Kruesi, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
The subsequent furor is about hiding it from the public and about a brazen plea to keep the Democratic Party and three of its candidates from advertising those facts.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hide

Noun

Like Linda, other community members wiped tears from their faces and embraced one another as photos and videos of Noel appeared on a stage screen.

— Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Oct. 2026
By Monday, the girl who cried all those tears on her guitar will be both the youngest woman to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall, and youngest-member of the Nashville edition.

— Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of tear

Verb

Carefully tip loaf out onto a wire rack and let cool at least 1 hour before slicing.

— Noah Kaufman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
Markos takes revenge by slicing up Matt’s face with a switchblade, leaving him horribly disfigured and his acting career essentially over.

— Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of slice

Verb

Fire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.

— Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Fire crews scrambled late into the night as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of whip

Verb

Paladin reaches the high-rise apartment from the episode’s opening and finds the shotgun-wielding man dead, with wings carved into the floor below him and one of his eyes ripped out.

— Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Witnesses said the speeding car jumped over a sidewalk, knocked down a chain-link fence and ripped out another wooden fence before going airborne into the house.

— Tammy Mutasa, CBS News, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of rip

Verb

The defense once again gave the offense an opportunity, forcing an Argyle punt, and this time, Heritage capitalized with a 2-yard rushing TD from Vargas to cut the lead to 7 points.

— Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Later that month, Achilles, a university lecturer, cut a campaign ad in the spirit of a tongue-in-cheek corporate training video on how to avoid starting a foreign war.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of cut

Verb

Yandy Díaz, their lead-off hitter, flicked an opposite-field fly ball to the warning track, just barely missing a home run.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
Instamall plans to keep adding brands, but it is already hooked into the inventory systems of its existing partners, so expanding the service to new cities could be as easy as flicking a switch.

— Evan Clark, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026