adj, verb ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of slash form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Having been slashed, cut or rent. not-comparable
2. 2
   Marked with a slash. not-comparable

   "A slashed zero cannot be confused with the letter O."

Adjective

1. 1
   having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric wordnet
2. 2
   (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply wordnet
3. 3
   patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cutaggravatedbestbottombrokenburned

Example

More examples

"The Federal Reserve slashed interest rates."

Related phrases

slashed velvet

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