Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - slash

~1 v 1 I always + adv/prep, to violently cut or try to cut something with a knife, sword etc  (Most of the seats on the train had been slashed by vandals.) + at/through  (Alan was slashing at the snake with a huge stick. | slash your way through (=make a path through something by slashing))  (They had to slash their way through thick undergrowth. | slash your wrists (=deliberately cut your wrists with the intention of killing yourself)) 2 T often passive a word used especially in newspapers and advertising meaning to greatly reduce an amount, price etc  (Over the last year the workforce has been slashed by 50%.) ~2 n 1 a quick movement that you make with a sword, knife etc in order to cut someone or something 2 also slash mark a line (/) used in writing to separate words, numbers, or letters 3 a long narrow wound or a long narrow cut in a piece of material  (He staggered into hospital with slashes across his face.) 4 have/take a slash BrE spoken an impolite expression meaning to urinate