slash - use in sentences

Object

  • throat: Three others tried it in sharp succession; and one after the other they drew back, streaming blood from slashed throats or shoulders.
  • tire: Whatever you feel about cars, do not slash tires.
  • tire: They set about the vehicle, denting the sides, breaking windows, and slashing tires.
  • bureaucracy: And to implement these reforms at the same time as slashing the government bureaucracy by half.
  • wrist: EPISODE 606 Broadcast on Channel 5 Saturday 15 April 2000 04:40 Lou is found with her wrists slashed and is sent to hospital.
  • spending: Achieving a low tax economy isn't about slashing state spending.

Converse of object

  • append: Indicate this by appending a slash to the end of each of the document codes located elsewhere.
  • trail: Don't forget the trailing slash at the end.

Converse of subject

  • separate: Lines of verse are separated by a slash ( / ).

Adjective modifier

  • diagonal: Some cells contain a diagonal slash from top left to bottom right with numbers in them, called ' the clues ' .
  • forward: Then type a forward slash, followed by the name of the PHP script you want to run.
  • double: The double slashes indicate that each character in the string should be an element of the new array.
  • red: Division, represented by the red slash / on the last key in the second row, is invoked the same way.
  • multiple: Note: The Intrinsics use the X/Open convention of collapsing multiple adjoining slashes in a filename into one slash.
  • leading: Note the mask must not include the leading back slash.

Modifies a noun

  • character: Further slash characters indicate branches of the server's directory tree in the usual way for PC's.

Modifying Another Word

  • dramatically: Ford dismisses Kwik Fit report Ford today dismissed reports that it would have to dramatically slash its asking price for Kwik-Fit.

Noun used with modifier

  • back-: The back- slash is considered to be part of the line.

Present participle complement

  • wait: A hospital which has slashed waiting times with its booked admissions program.

Preposition: with

  • knife: By the time the main wound was raw, open and all the wounds looked like she'd been slashed with a knife.

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