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To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes: slash a path through the underbrush.
(verb-transitive)
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To lash with sweeping strokes.
(verb-transitive)
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To make a gash or gashes in.
(verb-transitive)
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Sports To swing a stick at (an opponent) in ice hockey or lacrosse, in violation of the rules.
(verb-transitive)
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To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color: slash a sleeve.
(verb-transitive)
American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.