What is the meaning of slash?

noun

• A wound made by cutting.
  • usage: "he put a bandage over the cut"
  • synonyms: cut, gash, slice
• An open tract of land in a forest that is strewn with debris from logging (or fire or wind. )
• A punctuation mark (/) used to separate related items of information.
  • synonyms: solidus, virgule, diagonal, stroke, separatrix
• A strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument.
  • synonyms: gash

verb

• Cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete.
  • synonyms: cut down
• Beat severely with a whip or rod.
  • usage: "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
  • synonyms: flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, strap, trounce
• Cut open.
  • usage: "she slashed her wrists"
  • synonyms: gash
• Cut drastically.
  • usage: "Prices were slashed"
• Move or stir about violently.
  • usage: "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
  • synonyms: convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, toss, jactitate