slash

I UK [slæʃ] / US verb
Word forms "slash":
present tense I/you/we/they slash he/she/it slashes present participle slashing past tense slashed past participle slashed
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1) [transitive] mainly journalism to reduce something by a large amount

The budget had been slashed by £3 million.

The company has slashed production by 50%.

2) [intransitive/transitive] to cut someone or something in a violent way

The tyres on the car had been slashed.

His attacker slashed him across the face with a knife.

slash through:

The rotors slashed through the roof of the building.

They slashed through the undergrowth with machetes.

3) [intransitive] to try to cut someone or something in a violent way

slash at:

The man leapt forward and slashed at his neck.

II UK [slæʃ] / US noun
Word forms "slash":
singular slash plural slashes

1) [countable] a long deep cut

Several slashes had been made across the plastic-covered seats.

2) [countable] a quick swinging movement, especially with something sharp

3) [countable] a line (/) that separates numbers, letters, or words in writing

4) [singular] British very informal an occasion when a man goes to the toilet and urinates (= gets rid of waste liquid from his body)