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Slashed   /slæʃt/   Listen
verb
Slash  v. t.  (past & past part. slashed; pres. part. slashing)  
1.
To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
2.
To lash; to ply the whip to. (R.)
3.
To crack or snap, as a whip. (R.)


Slash  v. i.  To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. "Hewing and slashing at their idle shades."


adjective
Slashed  adj.  
1.
Marked or cut with a slash or slashes; deeply gashed; especially, having long, narrow openings, as a sleeve or other part of a garment, to show rich lining or under vesture. "A gray jerkin, with scarlet and slashed sleeves."
2.
(Bot.) Divided into many narrow parts or segments by sharp incisions; laciniate.





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"Slashed" Quotes from Famous Books



... upstairs, finding the various boarders quietly congregating in the hall and parlour, awaiting the opening of the dining-room door. Adele had gone up to her room, but Teddy and John were roaming about. Rain still slashed and swished out of doors. The winter ...
— Martie the Unconquered • Kathleen Norris
... lips. His eyes glittered red. His whole mad face was contorted with fury. A volley of oaths poured through his twisted mouth. With a gesture of insane rage he pulled the nearest cable to him and slashed it ...
— The Floating Island of Madness • Jason Kirby
... quadrangle, charged up the narrow stairs, found a door behind which was the sound of a struggle, 'dang in' the door, and saw the King wrestling with the Master. Behind them stood a man, the centre of the mystery, of whom he took no notice. He drew his whinger, slashed the Master in the face and throat, and pushed him downstairs. Ramsay then called from the window to Sir Thomas Erskine, who, with Herries and Wilson, ran to his assistance, slew the wounded Master, and shut up James (who had no weapon) in the turret. Then came the struggle in which Gowrie ...
— Historical Mysteries • Andrew Lang
... petite, dark-haired, snappy-eyed girl, chic, well groomed, and gowned so daringly that every woman in the audience envied and every man craned his neck to see her better. Loraine wore a tight-fitting black dress, slashed to the knee. In fact, everything was calculated to set her off at best advantage, and on the stage, at least, there was something recherche about her. Yet, there was also ...
— The Dream Doctor • Arthur B. Reeve
... depart. That Jim was in a fever of excitement and despair they could all of them see. He hastened ahead of the group to the shop of Webber. and taking a short length of iron chain, which he found on the earth, he slashed and beat at the bar ...
— Bruvver Jim's Baby • Philip Verrill Mighels


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