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How to pronounce slash in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flog, lash, lather, strap, trounce, welt, whip
Type of work over, beat, beat up
Has types birch, cat, cowhide, flagellate, horsewhip, leather, scourge, switch
Type Words
Synonyms gash
Type of cut, cutting
Type Words
Synonyms cut down
Type of cut
Derivation slasher
Type Words
Synonyms convulse, jactitate, thrash, thrash about, thresh, thresh about, toss
Type of agitate, shake
Has types whip
Type Words
Synonyms cut, gash, slice
Type of wound, lesion
Type Words
Synonyms diagonal, separatrix, solidus, stroke, virgule
Type of punctuation mark, punctuation
Type Words
Synonyms gash
Type of cut


she slashed her wrists.
Type Words
Type of solid ground, earth, ground, land, terra firma, dry land
Type Words
Type of cut back, trim, trim back, trim down, reduce, bring down, cut, cut down


Prices were slashed.

Examples of slash

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Leaner stockrooms mean less incentive to slash prices to get goods out the door.
From the forbes.com
It has kept inflation low, enabling the Federal Reserve to slash interest rates.
From the businessweek.com
His aim was to slash costs by centralizing research, development, and marketing.
From the businessweek.com
She notes that they have all attempted to cut taxes even as they slash spending.
From the economist.com
In addition, damage from the earthquake is expected to slash exports from Japan.
From the online.wsj.com
As companies continue to slash jobs, pressure for a policy solution is mounting.
From the businessweek.com
Many of our constituents depend on the social services that we propose to slash.
From the sacbee.com
These platforms also slash IT costs, compliance expenses, and development costs.
From the businessweek.com
The loss of Vail's membership dues forced the group to slash its budget by half.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
  • Cut: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
  • An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
  • Flog: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
  • Cut open; "she slashed her wrists"
  • Solidus: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information
  • Slashdot (sometimes abbreviated as /.) is a technology-related news website owned by Geeknet, Inc. The site, which bills itself as "News for Nerds. Stuff that Matters", features user-submitted and ‑evaluated current affairs news stories about science- and technology-related topics. ...
  • Slash is the eponymous debut solo album by former Guns N' Roses and current Velvet Revolver guitarist, Slash. ...
  • Slash is an autobiography written by rock guitarist Slash with Anthony Bozza.