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slash ((v.)) 
v. clear land of trees and brush.
See also: slashing (def. 1)
- 1821 (1960) . . . he had slashed down a large piece of wood; and now he determined to raise a crop which would do something for him in the fall.
- 1889 The native forest had been "slashed" in that particular locality, and workmen passed from point to point by the help of the fallen trees. . . .
- 1931 . . . and five acres of virgin land were slashed, grubbed, broken, and double-disced, in readiness for the prospective occupant.
- 1962 Sometimes we built fence or slashed brush to extend the yard.
- 1821 (1960) . . . he had slashed down a large piece of wood; and now he determined to raise a crop which would do something for him in the fall.