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Verb
S:
(v)
slash
,
cut down
(cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete)
S:
(v)
flog
,
welt
,
whip
,
lather
,
lash
,
slash
,
strap
,
trounce
(beat severely with a whip or rod)
"The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
[Applies to
flog
] They want to flog the prisoners
[Applies to
welt
] They want to welt the prisoners
[Applies to
whip
] They want to whip the prisoners
[Applies to
lather
] They want to lather the prisoners
[Applies to
lash
] They want to lash the prisoners
[Applies to
slash
] They want to slash the prisoners
[Applies to
strap
] They want to strap the prisoners
[Applies to
trounce
] They want to trounce the prisoners
S:
(v)
slash
,
gash
(cut open)
"she slashed her wrists"
S:
(v)
slash
(cut drastically)
"Prices were slashed"
S:
(v)
convulse
,
thresh
,
thresh about
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thrash
,
thrash about
,
slash
,
toss
,
jactitate
(move or stir about violently)
"The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
Adjective
S:
(adj)
slashed
(patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes)
"brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather
S:
(adj)
slashed
(having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric)
"a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"
S:
(adj)
cut
,
slashed
((used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply)
"the slashed prices attracted buyers"