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In lang=en terms the difference between slash and kill

is that slash is to reduce sharply while kill is to force a company out of business.

As nouns the difference between slash and kill

is that slash is a swift cut with a blade, particularly with fighting weapons as a sword, saber, knife etc while kill is the act of killing or kill can be a creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea or kill can be a kiln.

As verbs the difference between slash and kill

is that slash is to cut violently across something with a blade such as knife, sword, scythe, etc while kill is to put to death; to extinguish the life of.

As a conjunction slash

is .

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

    *

    Quotations

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

    kill

    English

    (wikipedia kill)

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) killen, kyllen, , (etyl) kellen.

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To put to death; to extinguish the life of.
    • Smoking kills more people each year than alcohol and drugs combined.
    There is conclusive evidence that smoking kills .
  • (fiction) To invent a story that conveys the death of (a character).
    • Shakespeare killed Romeo and Juliet for drama.
  • To render inoperative.
    • He killed the engine and turned off the headlights, but remained in the car, waiting.
    (1978):
  • :: Peter : Ask Childers if it was worth his arm.
  • :: Policeman : What did you do to his arm, Peter?
  • :: Peter''': I '''killed it, with a machine gun.
  • (figuratively) To stop, cease or render void; to terminate.
    • The editor decided to kill the story.
    The news that a hurricane had destroyed our beach house killed our plans to sell it.
    My computer wouldn't respond until I killed some of the running processes.
  • (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To amaze, exceed, stun or otherwise incapacitate.
    • That night, she was dressed to kill .
    That joke always kills me.
  • (figuratively) To produce feelings of dissatisfaction or revulsion in.
    • It kills me to throw out three whole turkeys, but I can't get anyone to take them and they've already started to go bad.
    It kills me to learn how many poor people are practically starving in this country while rich moguls spend such outrageous amounts on useless luxuries.
  • To use up or to waste.
    • I'm just doing this to kill time.
    He told the bartender, pointing at the bottle of scotch he planned to consume, "Leave it, I'm going to kill the bottle."
  • (transitive, figuratively, informal) To exert an overwhelming effect on.
    • Between the two of us, we killed the rest of the case of beer.
    Look at the amount of destruction to the enemy base. We pretty much killed their ability to retaliate anymore.
  • (transitive, figuratively, hyperbole) To overpower, overwhelm or defeat.
    • The team had absolutely killed their traditional rivals, and the local sports bars were raucous with celebrations.
  • To force a company out of business.
  • (informal) To produce intense pain.
    • You don't ever want to get rabies. The doctor will have to give you multiple shots and they really kill .
  • (figuratively, informal, hyperbole) To punish severely.
    • My parents are going to kill me!
  • (sports) To strike a ball or similar object with such force and placement as to make a shot that is impossible to defend against, usually winning a point.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2011 , date=February 4 , author=Gareth Roberts , title=Wales 19-26 England , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=That close call encouraged Wales to launch another series of attacks that ended when lock Louis Deacon killed the ball illegally in the shadow of England's posts.}}
  • (mathematics, transitive, idiomatic, informal) To cause to assume the value zero.
  • (computing, Internet, IRC) To disconnect (a user) forcibly from the network.
    • Synonyms
    * (to put to death) assassinate, bump off, ice, knock off, liquidate, murder, rub out, slaughter, slay, top, whack * (to use up or waste) fritter away, while away * (to render inoperative) break, deactivate, disable, turn off * (to exert an overwhelming effect on) annihilate (informal) * See also

    Related terms

    * instakill * killer * killing * killjoy * kill off * kill-time

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of killing.
    • The assassin liked to make a clean kill , and thus favored small arms over explosives.
  • Specifically, the death blow.
    • The hunter delivered the kill with a pistol shot to the head.
  • The result of killing; that which has been killed.
    • The fox dragged its kill back to its den.
  • (volleyball) The grounding of the ball on the opponent's court, winning the rally.
  • * 2011 , the 34th Catawba College Sports Hall of Fame'', in 's ''Campus Magazine , Spring/Summer 2011, page 21:
    • As a senior in 1993, Turner had a kill' percentage of 40.8, which was a school record at the time and the best in the SAC. Turner concluded her volleyball career with 1,349 ' kills , ranking fifth all-time at Catawba.
    Derived terms
    * in for the kill * thrill kill

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A creek; a body of water; a channel or arm of the sea.
    • The channel between Staten Island and Bergen Neck is the Kill''' van Kull, or the '''Kills .
    Schuylkill''', Cats'''kill , etc.

    Etymology 3

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A kiln.
    • (Fuller)
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