From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
slash
n 1: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
[syn: cut, gash, slash, slice]
2: an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris
from logging (or fire or wind)
3: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
information [syn: solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal,
stroke, separatrix]
4: a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument [syn:
slash, gash]
v 1: cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete [syn:
slash, cut down]
2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap,
trounce]
3: cut open; "she slashed her wrists" [syn: slash, gash]
4: cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
5: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
around in his bed" [syn: convulse, thresh, thresh
about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss,
jactitate]