slash

slash
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noun
Slash is used before these nouns: ↑mark, ↑wound
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verb
1 cut
ADVERB
wildly
PREPOSITION
at, through

He slashed through the rope.

with

He slashed wildly at me with a knife.

2 reduce
ADVERB
dramatically, drastically

The company dramatically slashed its forecasts for annual profits.

aggressively
in half

Inflation was slashed in half.

PREPOSITION
by

His salary was slashed by 20%.

from, to

The discount could be slashed from 15% to 10%.

Slash is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑knife
Slash is used with these nouns as the object: ↑benefit, ↑budget, ↑cost, ↑dividend, ↑fare, ↑funding, ↑inventory, ↑pay, ↑per cent, ↑price, ↑rate, ↑salary, ↑throat, ↑tyre, ↑workforce, ↑wrist

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