as in to slice
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
I slit my finger open while cleaning up the broken glass
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Recent Examples of slit
Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 13 May 2025
The look featured an exaggerated hip element and a thigh-high slit.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
John Burek, PCMAG, 20 Jan. 2025
Each neutral colorway is complimented by stylish outlines and modest side slits on both the top and pants.
—Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The Elie Saab piece had a strapless bust and a leg-baring side slit that extended into a carpet-grazing train.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 13 May 2025
The look featured an exaggerated hip element and a thigh-high slit.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 12 May 2025
Verb
Heat is then directed upward and outward via outlet slits on the card edges to reduce the recirculation of heated air.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 20 Jan. 2025
Each neutral colorway is complimented by stylish outlines and modest side slits on both the top and pants.
—Annita Katee, Travel + Leisure, 4 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slit
Noun
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With tears welling in her eyes, Serena reveals where the commanders' flight to D.C. is departing from.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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But to make matters even worse, the Celtics also lost star forward Jayson Tatum to an Achilles tear.—
Matt Levine,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
Verb
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Trump and others in his administration have tried slicing through these knots rather than putting in the legal work to untie them.—
The Editors,
National Review,
19 May 2025
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Santana’s at-bats per extra-base hit, by year: 2025: 21.3 2024: 10.6 2023: 9.6 2022: 11.6 2021: 16.6 2020: 13.7 2019: 8.8 David Fry will return soon from elbow surgery, and if Santana’s power hasn’t resurfaced by then, the Guardians can’t be afraid to slice into his playing time.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
Noun
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That permits the tendon to heal, as opposed to normal Achilles tendon repairs, where a surgeon makes an open incision, weaves sutures through it, and may anchor it into the bone.—
Bobby Krivitsky,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2025
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Using a sharp awl, make a 2 cm long incision in the widest part of the tail.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
Verb
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His college admissions have been the subject of speculation since the Trump administration's Tuesday, May 27, decision to slash all remaining federal funding to the Ivy League institution.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
28 May 2025
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Some Harvard labs, including one working on human organs-on-chips, which replicate the function of organs, have received stop-work orders following the Trump Administration’s efforts to slash funding.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
27 May 2025
Noun
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There was a giant gash in the cloth convertible roof.—
Victoria Bekiempis,
Vulture,
22 May 2025
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The mosquito’s fate has been played out over and over again, and will for millions of years more, as gashes in conifers have seeped and dripped.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Now the Trump administration wants to negate that argument by asserting that to harm an endangered species means only to injure or kill it directly: to rip it out by the roots or blow it away with a shotgun.—
Emma Marris,
The Atlantic,
25 May 2025
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The Tangipahoa Jail is about 70 miles away from New Orleans, where 10 inmates escaped by ripping a toilet and sink unit from the wall and climbing through a hole on May 16.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
24 May 2025
Verb
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Republican bill cuts Medicaid for unemployed, undocumented children, Planned Parenthood How much do Americans rely on programs like Medicaid and Social Security?—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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The president has cut the Israelis out of regional decision making and reportedly kiboshed a plan to strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.—
Yair Rosenberg,
The Atlantic,
22 May 2025
Verb
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But Jason Schwartzman pierced his ear on The Tonight Show this past August.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
23 May 2025
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The branch, described as having fallen approximately 50 feet, pierced the attic, roof, and dented the floor of the room.—
Soo Kim,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 May 2025
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“Slit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slit. Accessed 1 Jun. 2025.
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