The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - slash v.

1) cut, gash, hack, score, slit, knife, lacerate; wound; scar: The guide slashed away at the undergrowth with his machete. 2) lash, whip, scourge, flog, beat, horsewhip, flail, flagellate, flay, lambaste, thrash, beat: In those days, a convicted felon was beaten and slashed in front of a crowd in the market-place. 3) cut, reduce, decrease, drop, mark down, trim, lower: Prices were slashed to clear out last season's styles. --n. 4) cut, gash, incision, slit, slice, gouge, rent, rip, score, laceration: There is a slash in each sleeve that reveals the colourful fabric underneath. 5) cut, reduction, decrease, mark-down: The department stores continued their price slashes to the end of January.