slash

Beat severely with a whip or rod.

Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete.

Move or stir about violently.

Cut open.

“she slashed her wrists”

Cut drastically.

“Prices were slashed”

A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument.

A wound made by cutting.

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

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