Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slash

5 senses of slash

Sense 1
slash, cut down -- (cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete)
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

Sense 2
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")
       => beat, beat up, work over -- (give a beating to; subject to a beating, either as a punishment or as an act of aggression; "Thugs beat him up when he walked down the street late at night"; "The teacher used to beat the students")

Sense 3
slash, gash -- (cut open; "she slashed her wrists")
       => cut -- (separate with or as if with an instrument; "Cut the rope")

Sense 4
slash -- (cut drastically; "Prices were slashed")
       => reduce, cut down, cut back, trim, trim down, trim back, cut, bring down -- (cut down on; make a reduction in; "reduce your daily fat intake"; "The employer wants to cut back health benefits")

Sense 5
convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate -- (move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed")
       => shake, agitate -- (move or cause to move back and forth; "The chemist shook the flask vigorously"; "My hands were shaking")

Antonyms of adj slashing

1 sense of slashing

Sense 1
slashing -- (as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-ridden cadenza")

INDIRECT (VIA dynamic) -> undynamic, adynamic -- (characterized by an absence of force or forcefulness)

Similarity of adj slashing

1 sense of slashing

Sense 1
slashing -- (as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-ridden cadenza")
       => dynamic (vs. undynamic), dynamical -- (characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality; "a dynamic market"; "a dynamic speaker"; "the dynamic president of the firm")