slash

(noun) a wound made by cutting. Synonyms: cut, gash, slice. Examples: "He put a bandage over the cut."

(noun) an open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind).

(noun) a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information. Synonyms: solidus, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix.

(noun) a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument. Synonyms: gash.

(verb) cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete. Synonyms: cut down.

(verb) beat severely with a whip or rod. Synonyms: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce. Examples: "The teacher often flogged the students." "The children were severely trounced."

(verb) cut open. Synonyms: gash. Examples: "She slashed her wrists."

(verb) cut drastically. Examples: "Prices were slashed."

(verb) move or stir about violently. Synonyms: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, toss, jactitate. Examples: "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed."