v. 1 cut, gash, hack, score, slit, knife, lacerate; wound; scar The guide slashed away at the undergrowth with his machete 2 lash, whip, scourge, flog, beat, horsewhip, flail, flagellate, flay, lambaste, thrash, beat In those days, a convicted felon was beaten and slashed in front of a crowd in the market-place 3 cut, reduce, decrease, drop, mark down, trim, lower Prices were slashed to clear out last season's styles
n. 4 cut, gash, incision, slit, slice, gouge, rent, rip, score, laceration There is a slash in each sleeve that reveals the colourful fabric underneath 5 cut, reduction, decrease, mark-down The department stores continued their price slashes to the end of January