slashed

verb

past tense of slash
1
as in sliced
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife) the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed

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2
as in whipped
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

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Recent Examples of slashed Keshad Johnson weighs in In moving from a standard contract to a two-way contract, Heat forward Keshad Johnson is seeing his salary slashed from last season’s $2 million to $678,882 — a 66% cut. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 The Vaccine Integrity Project said last fall’s COVID-19 shots cut the risk of hospitalization by 53% in seniors and slashed emergency room visits for very young children. — Lauran Neergaard, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Labor Department revisions slashed another 103,000 jobs from May and June payrolls. — ABC News, 31 Aug. 2026 Trump doubled down on that irresponsible strategy, and slashed the corporate tax rate from 35% to 21%. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 31 Aug. 2026 Both father and son were wounded in the scuffle, with the younger man being stabbed in the head, lower back and right shoulder, while his dad was stabbed in his knee and slashed on his stomach, cops said. — Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 On the night of Thursday, August 30, the skies of London slashed with lightning, while two dock fires cast a red glow over the city. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 Aug. 2026 The SpaceX chief’s shuttering of USAID slashed health programs across the continent. — Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2026 The company also slashed its full-year outlook for Foot Locker sales while leaving its comparable-sales forecast for Dick’s unchanged. — Alexa Lomonaco, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slashed
  1. sliced
  2. whipped
  3. ripped
  4. cut
  5. stabbed
  6. lashed
  7. flicked
  8. slapped
Verb
  • The University of Maine’s Advanced Structures and Composites Center (ASCC) launched the 3Dirigo X, a 30-foot boat that sliced through the water at speeds approaching 40 knots.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2026
  • The Himalayan landmass, where last week’s deadly flooding in Nepal and China took place, rises from shifting fault lines and is sliced by mighty rivers that are fed by glaciers.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of sliced
Verb
  • Cheese foam is a smooth and slightly salty whipped foam topping popular in boba drinks.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of whipped
Verb
  • Well, take a look at the devastation here where that flood wall ripped through this village on the Trishuli River, taking out most of this community.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
  • The four-piece from Austin, Texas ripped through their midday set, where the blazing sun was no match for their energy (if a little hard on their face paint).
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of ripped
Verb
  • The threat of shortages pushed countries across Asia to impose export bans, cut import duties, and start rationing fuel to maintain supplies.
    — Katie Silver, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike the heavy smoky eyes and cut creases of the 2010s, this trend is throwing it back to the 1990s when smoky eyes were more minimalist.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of cut
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  • Two people were stabbed, one fatally, near Times Square on Monday afternoon, with responding authorities shooting and killing the female suspect, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 1 Sep. 2026
  • One of the two people who was stabbed also died, while the other victim was hospitalized in stable condition.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of stabbed
Verb
  • Outside a fierce storm lashed down, wind whipped against the wood planks, thunder shook the ground, water streamed through cracks and floated into the shack.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In the same series of Sunday morning posts, the president also lashed out at Kristen Welker, the moderator of NBC’s Meet the Press, for saying his endorsements of Republican candidates in primary elections this year had shown mixed results.
    — Jeff Mason, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of lashed
Verb
  • Over two hours away through miles of dense forest, before any stadium lights flicked on in Summit at Southwest Mississippi Community College, Nolan’s coaches and teammates found several ways to remember their promising recruit Thursday.
    — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Near the left corner of the 6-yard box, Pereyra turned and flicked a shot inside the back post.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of flicked
Verb
  • While outlining the details of Clancy's suicide attempt, Reddington slapped a quarter on the table and addressed the prosecutors in what appeared to be a direct challenge to the state.
    — Sumiko Corley, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Over the years, the United States has slapped Iran with countless sanctions targeting its banking system, shipping companies, oil industry and military.
    — Mustafa Qadri, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of slapped

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“Slashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slashed. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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