n. 25B6; verb
her tyres had been slashed : CUT (OPEN), gash, slit, split open, lacerate, knife, make an incision in.
(informal) the company slashed prices : REDUCE, cut, lower, bring down, mark down.
(informal) they have slashed 10,000 jobs : GET RID OF, axe, cut, shed.
25B6; noun
a slash across his temple : CUT, gash, laceration, slit, incision; wound.
sentence breaks are indicated by slashes : SOLIDUS, oblique, backslash.