{
    "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."
}