Slash vs Battle - What's the difference?
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A swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.
A swift striking movement.
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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
Slash fiction.
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(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
(forestry) Coarse, fine woody debris generated during logging operations or through wind, snow, etc.
(fashion) An opening in an item of clothing to show skin or a contrasting fabric underneath.
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
To lash with a whip.
To crack or snap (e.g. a whip).
Improving; nutritious; fattening.
Fertile; fruitful.
To nourish; feed.
To render fertile or fruitful, as in soil.
A general action, fight, or encounter, in which all the divisions of an army are or may be engaged; an engagement; a combat.
A struggle; a contest.
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*(rfdate) (Henry Morley) (1822-1894):
*:The whole intellectual battle that had at its centre the best poem of the best poet of that day.
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*:In truth, Tottenham never really looked like taking all three points and this defeat means they face a battle to reach the knockout stages—with their next home game against PAOK Salonika on 30 November likely to prove decisive.
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*:Australian broadcaster Clive James has admitted that he is losing his long-fought battle with leukaemia.
A division of an army; a battalion.
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*:THenne kyng Arthur made redy his hoost in x batails' and Nero was redy in the felde afore the castel Tarabil with a grete hoost / & he had x ' batails with many mo peple than Arthur had
*(rfdate) (Francis Bacon) (1561-1626):
*:The king divided his army into three battles .
*(rfdate) (1721-1793):
*:The cavalry, by way of distinction, was called the battle , and on it alone depended the fate of every action.
*2000 , (George RR Martin), A Storm of Swords , Bantam 2011, page 634:
*:‘I will have more than twelve thousand men. I mean to divide them into three battles and start up the causeway a half-day apart.’
(label) The main body, as distinct from the vanguard and rear; battalia.
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To join in battle; to contend in fight; as, to battle over theories.
To assail in battle; to fight or struggle.
As a noun slash
is a swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc.As a verb slash
is to cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc.As a conjunction slash
is .As a proper noun battle is
from places in england that have been sites of a battle.slash
English
Noun
(es)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. }}
- Excuse me, I need to take a slash
- 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).
- (Bartlett)
- Slash generated during logging operations may increase fire hazard.
Derived terms
* backslash * foreslash * forward slash * frontslash * front slash * slashable * slashySee also
(punctuation)Verb
(es)- Iran on Thursday called on OPEC to slash output by 2 million barrels per day.
- The department store slashed its prices to attract customers.
- (King)
Derived terms
slash pileConjunction
(English Conjunctions)- I'm a teacher slash student.
- I think I'm having hallucinations slash someone is playing tricks on me
See also
*battle
English
Etymology 1
From Early Modern English .Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- battle''' grass'', '''''battle pasture
- battle''' soil'', '''''battle land
Derived terms
*Verb
(battl)Derived terms
* (l) *Etymology 2
From (etyl) (m), from (etyl) (m), from ). Displaced native (etyl) .Alternative forms
* batailNoun
(en noun)Clive James 'near the end' in cancer 'battle , ITV News, 21 June 2012:
Synonyms
* conflict * encounter * contest * actionDerived terms
* battlearray * battlefield * battleground / battle ground * battle of the sexes * battle piece * battle royal * battle song * do battle * drawn battle * fight a losing battle * give battle * join battle * pitched battle * wager of battleVerb
(battl)- She has been battling against cancer for years .
- She has been battling cancer for years .