slashed
past simple and past participle ofslash
slash
verb
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tocutwith asharpbladeusing aquick,strongmovement:
Themuseumwasbrokeninto lastnightand severalpaintingswere slashed.
Shetriedtocommitsuicideby slashing herwrists.
We had to slash(ourway)throughthelonggrasstoclearapath.
to cut something
- cutOuch, I've cut my finger!
- chopHe was chopping vegetables to make a stew.
- sliceSlice the mushrooms and fry them in butter.
- snipShe snipped the corner off the soup packet.
- slitHe slit open the envelope with a knife.
- carveHe carved her name on a tree.
[T]informal
to very muchreducesomething, such asmoneyorjobs:
Prices have been slashed by 50percent!
- On onecarall thetyreshad been slashed.
- Histhroathad been slashed.
- He was slashedacrossthechestthreetimesandstabbed.
- Since 1993 thecompanyhascut65,000jobsand slashedcostsby £3billion.
- Thebudgethas since been slashed.
Cutting and stabbing
- abrasion
- bayonet
- butcher
- carve
- carving
- chisel
- chop
- impaler
- incise
- julienne
- lacerate
- lacerated
- shave
- shear
- shearing
- sheep shearing
- slash
- sliced
- slit
- snip
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Becoming and making smaller or less
Examplesofslashed
slashed
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
As a result, good hospitals will be 'slashedand burned' and good services will be lost.
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Burning theslashedforest resulted in a greater reduction of species in the post-burn seed bank than was reported for other tropical forests.
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An unsupported element is denoted by aslashedcircle.
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A locket and chain torn from the neck ripped the skin of a toddler running with aslashedfemoral artery through hot debris.
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Consistent with business preferences, the state contributory programme would be deeplyslashedrather than eliminated, with most of the cutbacks long delayed.
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Theslashedelements that occur at the bottom of an extraction dependency are derived by a lexical rule that differs from earlier formulations.
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Theslashedzero symbol is widely used in video games and software product keys, and any other instance when clarity is necessary.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Aslashedzero can be used to distinguish the number from the letter.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some cartoons depicted computer users talking in binary code with 1s and 0s using a "slashedzero" for the 0.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They gather and bundle theslashedleaves for stripping off thorns along the edges and into the middle ridge.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.There were also rumours ofslashedticket prices, which attracted a sizeable amount of students from nearby educational institutions.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The guard hesitated and received aslashedhand in return.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.She also experienced damage to her property, including broken windows, aslashedpillow, cut phone wires, and arson.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Slashedzeroes can also be used on cheques in order to prevent fraud, for example: changing a 0 to an 8.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Alemannslashedspending, began selling off government-owned industries (with only minor success), enacted a tight monetary policy, and ordered salaries frozen (amid 130% inflation).
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