Slash

imp. & p. p. Slashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Slashing

1. To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.
2. To lash; to ply the whip to. [R.]
3. To crack or snap, as a whip. [R.]

1. To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly.

   Hewing and slashing at their idle shades.

1. A long cut; a cut made at random.
2. A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings.
3. Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. [Local, U.S.]
4. A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency.

   We passed over the shoulder of a ridge and around the edge of a fire slash, and then we had the mountain fairly before us.