Synonyms of slashes

slashes 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of slash

1

as in slits

to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)

the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• slices
• rips
• cuts
• stabs
• bruises
• pierces
• splits
• shears
• incises
• gashes
• chops
• cleaves
• tears
• severs
• saws
• crosscuts
• scissors
• carves
• lacerates
• rends
• haggles
• chips
• mangles
• hacks
• rives
• dissects
• sections
• notches
• butchers
• minces
• chisels
• hacksaws
• amputates
• anatomizes
• dices
• cuts off

2

as in hides

to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible

wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hides
• whips
• cuts
• flicks
• slaps
• switches
• lashes
• hits
• thrashes
• flails
• knocks
• punches
• flagellates
• licks
• spanks
• flogs
• scourges
• leathers
• bangs
• tans
• mauls
• swipes
• smacks
• whales
• whacks
• horsewhips
• pounds
• straps
• clips
• bats
• beats
• claps
• birches
• cowhides
• thumps
• rawhides
• swats
• boxes
• canes
• clubs
• quirts
• thwacks
• clobbers
• bashes
• socks
• cracks
• pastes
• pelts
• smites
• cudgels
• knouts
• bludgeons
• touches up
• hammers
• pummels
• paddles
• mangles
• cuffs
• wallops
• lambasts
• lams
• bops
• slugs
• belts
• clouts
• works over
• slates
• threshes
• batters
• laces
• lambastes
• roughs
• busts
• buffets
• bastes
• belabors
• fustigates
• slogs
• blackjacks
• lathers
• pistol-whips
• whaps
• fibs
• tromps
• pommels
• drubs
• whups
• whops
• bungs

slashes

2 of 2

noun

plural of slash

as in tears

a long deep cut

made a slash in the fabric with a knife

Synonyms & Similar Words

• slits
• tears
• scratches
• lacerations
• rents
• fractures
• rips
• incisions
• injuries
• gashes
• wounds
• scrapes
• scores
• abrasions
• cracks
• snags
• ruptures

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of slashes

Verb

At the end of the day, this is an affordable, damp, cruisy-yet-capable all-mountain surfer that slashes the nexus of freestyle and freeride. —Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 26 Sep. 2024