Nouns

(n)cut, gash, slash, slicea wound made by cutting“he put a bandage over the cut”
(n)slashan open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind)
(n)solidus, slash, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrixa punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information
(n)slash, gasha strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

Verbs

(v)slash, cut downcut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
(v)flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trouncebeat severely with a whip or rod“The teacher often flogged the students”, “The children were severely trounced”
(v)slash, gashcut open“she slashed her wrists”
(v)slashcut drastically“Prices were slashed”
(v)convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitatemove or stir about violently“The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed”