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{
"term": "slash",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "c1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "slash",
"heSheIt": "slashes"
},
"pastSimple": "slashed",
"pastParticiple": "slashed",
"ingForm": "slashing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make a long cut with a sharp object, especially in a violent way",
"sensetop": "slash somethingslash at somebody/something",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Someone had slashed the tyres on my car.",
"contextForm": "slash something"
},
{
"text": "She tried to kill herself by slashing her wrists."
},
{
"text": "We had to **slash our way** through the undergrowth with sticks."
},
{
"text": "One of the men slashed him across the face with a knife."
},
{
"text": "He slashed wildly at me with a knife.",
"contextForm": "slash at somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "He slashed at his opponent with his sword."
}
],
"synonyms": "slit",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["wildly"],
"preposition": ["at", "through", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to reduce something by a large amount",
"sensetop": "slash something",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **slash spending/prices/costs**"
},
{
"text": "The workforce has been slashed by half."
},
{
"text": "A slump in the retail trade has forced the company to slash prices."
},
{
"text": "His salary was slashed by 20%."
},
{
"text": "Inflation was slashed in half."
},
{
"text": "The company dramatically slashed its forecasts for annual profits."
},
{
"text": "The discount could be slashed from 15% to 10%."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["dramatically", "drastically", "aggressively"],
"preposition": ["by", "from", "to"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slæʃ/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slash__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæʃɪz/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slashes__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæʃt/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slashed__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slashing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/slæʃ/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slash__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæʃɪz/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slashes__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/slæʃt/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slashed__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈslæʃɪŋ/",
"audio": "sl/slash/slashing__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: perhaps imitative, or from Old French esclachier ‘break in pieces’. The noun dates from the late 16th cent."
}