slashed
adjective
[ slaʃt ]
• (of a garment) having slits to show the lining material or skin beneath.
• "she wore slashed jeans"
slash
verb
• cut with a wide, sweeping movement, typically using a knife or sword.
• "for what felt like hours we climbed behind the trackers slashing the undergrowth ahead"
Similar:
cut (open),
gash,
slit,
split open,
lacerate,
knife,
hack,
make an incision in,
score,
rip,
tear,
rend,
• lash, whip, or thrash.
• "slash him with bridle-reins and dog-whips!"
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps imitative, or from Old French esclachier ‘break in pieces’. The noun dates from the late 16th century.
