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Meaning of slash

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  slash
      n 1: a wound made by cutting; "he put a bandage over the cut"
           [syn: {cut}, {gash}, {slash}, {slice}]
      2: an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris
         from logging (or fire or wind)
      3: a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of
         information [syn: {solidus}, {slash}, {virgule}, {diagonal},
         {stroke}, {separatrix}]
      4: a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument [syn:
         {slash}, {gash}]
      v 1: cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete [syn:
           {slash}, {cut down}]
      2: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
         the students"; "The children were severely trounced" [syn:
         {flog}, {welt}, {whip}, {lather}, {lash}, {slash}, {strap},
         {trounce}]
      3: cut open; "she slashed her wrists" [syn: {slash}, {gash}]
      4: cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
      5: move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed
         around in his bed" [syn: {convulse}, {thresh}, {thresh
         about}, {thrash}, {thrash about}, {slash}, {toss},
         {jactitate}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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