a wound made by cutting; he put a bandage over the cut

[ Syn: cut , gash , slice ]

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

a punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information

[ Syn: solidus , virgule , diagonal , stroke , separatrix ]

a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

[ Syn: gash ]

cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete

[ Syn: cut down ]

beat severely with a whip or rod; The teacher often flogged the students; The children were severely trounced

[ Syn: flog , welt , whip , lather , lash , strap , trounce ]

cut open; she slashed her wrists

[ Syn: gash ]

cut drastically; Prices were slashed'

move or stir about violently; The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed

[ Syn: convulse , thresh , thresh about , thrash , thrash about , toss , jactitate ]