āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to slash
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āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻā§āĻĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to violently cut with a quick move using a knife, etc.
Transitive: to slash sb/sth | to slash at a target
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He narrowly avoided being slashed by the attacker's blade by ducking behind a nearby counter.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ˛ā§āĻĄ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻžāĻāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ¤ā§ āĻ¸āĻā§āĻˇāĻŽ āĻšāĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻāĻžāĻāĻž, āĻāĻŋāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻž
to create deliberate cuts or openings in fabric for decorative or functional purposes
Transitive: to slash fabric or a garment
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She carefully slashed the jeans at the knees to give them a distressed appearance.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻ¸āĻžāĻŦāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ° āĻšāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ§ā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§āĻšāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻāĻž
to whip or strike violently with forceful, sweeping movements
Transitive: to slash sb/sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The attacker suddenly appeared and slashed the unsuspecting victim across the face.
āĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻŽāĻŖāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¤āĻ¸āĻžāĻ°ā§ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻ˛āĨ¤
04
āĻ¯āĻĨā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŽāĻžāĻŖā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§, āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to significantly reduce something, such as a price, quantity, or value
Transitive: to slash a value or quantity
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The company slashed its workforce by half in response to declining profits.
āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻŋ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻ§ā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻā§āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻž, āĻĢāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to produce a sharp, snapping sound by swiftly moving a whip or similar object through the air
Transitive: to slash a whip or similar object
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
With a quick flick of her wrist, she slashed the whip, making a loud cracking noise.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§, āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ°āĻ˛, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°āĻ˛āĨ¤
01
a forceful, sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He made a slash across the canvas with a knife.
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The recipe called for 1/2 cup of sugar, with the slash representing a fraction.
āĻ°ā§āĻ¸āĻŋāĻĒāĻŋāĻ¤ā§ 1/2 āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻ¯ā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻļā§āĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
an open tract of land in a forest, often cleared or littered with debris from logging, fire, or wind
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Logging left a large slash across the mountainside.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
slashed
slasher
slashing
slash
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
