Slash

Definition of Slash

v. t.	1.	To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. [imp. & p. p. Slashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing.]
	2.	To lash; to ply the whip to.
	3.	To crack or snap, as a whip.
v. i.	1.	To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. Hewing and slashing at their idle shades. - Spenser.
n.	1.	A long cut; a cut made at random.
	2.	A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
	3.	Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes.
	4.	A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency. We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us. - Henry Van Dyke.

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