See slash in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
verb
To penetrate with a sharp edge:
cut, gash, incise, pierce, slit. See enter, helpTo criticize harshly and devastatingly:
blister, drub, excoriate, flay, lash, rip into, scarify1, scathe, scorch, score, scourge, slap. (Informal) roast. (Slang) slam. Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to. See praiseTo decrease, as in length or amount, by or as if by severing or excising:
chop1, clip1, crop, cut, cut back, cut down, lop1, lower2, pare, prune, shear, trim, truncate. See increase
noun
The result of cutting:
cut, gash, incision, slice, slit, split. See enter, helpAn incision, a notch, or a slight cut made with or as if with a knife:
score, scotch, scratch. See marksThe act or process of decreasing:
abatement, curtailment, cut, cutback, decrease, decrement, diminishment, diminution, drain, reduction, slowdown, taper. See increase
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