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Deplete vs Slash - What's the difference?

deplete | slash |

As verbs the difference between deplete and slash

is that deplete is to empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine while slash is to cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.

As a noun slash is

a swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.

As a conjunction slash is

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deplete

English

Verb

(deplet)
  • To empty or unload, as the vessels of the human system, by bloodletting or by medicine.
  • To reduce by destroying or consuming the vital powers of; to exhaust, as a country of its strength or resources, a treasury of money, etc.
  • * 2007 . Zerzan, John. Silence .
    • Its reserves have been invaded and depleted .

    Antonyms

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    slash

    English

    Noun

    (es)
  • A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.
  • A swift striking movement.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Chris Whyatt , title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=Centre-back Branislav Ivanovic then took a wild slash at the ball but his captain John Terry saved Chelsea's skin by hacking the ball clear for a corner with Kevin Davies set to strike from just six yards out. }}
  • The symbol , also called diagonal, separatrix, shilling mark, solidus, stroke, virgule. Also sometimes known as a forward slash, particularly in computing.
  • (British, slang) A pee, a trip to the toilet to urinate
    • Excuse me, I need to take a slash
  • Slash fiction.
  • * 2013 , Katherine Arcement, "Diary", London Review of Books , vol. 35, no. 5:
    • Comments merely allow readers to proclaim themselves mortally offended by the content of a story, despite having been warned in large block letters of INCEST or SLASH (any kind of sex between two men or two women: the term originated with the Kirk/Spock pairing – it described the literal slash between their names).
  • (vulgar, slang) The female genitalia
  • (ice hockey) A quick and hard lateral strike with a hockey stick, usually across the arms or legs.
  • (US, dialect) swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes
    • (Bartlett)
  • (forestry) Coarse, fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow, etc.
    • Slash generated during logging operations may increase fire hazard.
  • (fashion) An opening in an item of clothing to show skin or a contrasting fabric underneath.

    • Derived terms

    * backslash * foreslash * forward slash * frontslash * front slash * slashable * slashy

    See also

    (punctuation)

    Verb

    (es)
  • To cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.
  • (ice hockey) to strike laterally with a hockey stick. usually across the legs or arms
  • to reduce sharply
    • Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day.
    The department store slashed its prices to attract customers.
  • To lash with a whip.
    • (King)
  • To crack or snap (e.g. a whip).

    • Derived terms

    slash pile

    Conjunction

    (English Conjunctions)
    • I'm a teacher slash student.
    • I think I'm having hallucinations slash someone is playing tricks on me

    See also

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    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "slash") English coordinating conjunctions