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Antonyms for slash

Grammar : Verb
Spell : slash
Phonetic Transcription : slæʃ

Definition of slash

Origin :
  • 1540s, "to cut with a stroke of a blade or whip;" 1650s, "to strike violently," perhaps from Middle French esclachier "to break," variant of esclater "to break, splinter" (see slat). Meaning "to clear land" (of trees) is from 1821, American English. In reference to prices, it is attested from 1906. Related: Slashed; slashing. Slash-and-burn for a method of clearing forest for cultivation is from 1919.
  • verb cut
  • verb reduce greatly
Example sentences :
  • Should they break through our barricades, slash at the horses with your scythes.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • With them it was snap and slash and get away, snap and slash and get away.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • Weedon Scott had believed that he was quick enough to avoid any snap or slash.
  • Extract from : « White Fang » by Jack London
  • His sword was broken by a slash from a brown bill, and he was borne to the ground.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • All one has to do is to stop thinking and sag, or stop thinking and slash.
  • Extract from : « The Ghost in the White House » by Gerald Stanley Lee
  • Every instant I expected to feel the slash of his blade between my shoulders.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of Panama » by William MacLeod Raine
  • He agonized no more about the fall of frost, the slash of hail, the threat of tempest.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • But we depended more on the prick of pike and the slash of sword than on our culverins.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • "I didn't know you had to slash into the house like that," she said.
  • Extract from : « A Daughter of the Middle Border » by Hamlin Garland
  • The knife was moving to slash a hide lashing, directed by his hand, but not his will.
  • Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton

Synonyms for slash

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