The Clue
Commited a foul on the rink (7 letter answer)
The Answer
SLASHED
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Notes
The answer SLASHED is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cut
Discounted
Drastically reduced
Greatly reduced
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Definition
SLASH as a verb:
1. (slash, cut down) = cut with sweeping strokes; as with an ax or machete
2. (flog, welt, whip, lather, lash, slash, strap, trounce) = beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
3. (slash, gash) = cut open; "she slashed her wrists"
4. cut drastically; "Prices were slashed"
5. (convulse, thresh, thresh about, thrash, thrash about, slash, toss, jactitate) = move or stir about violently; "The feverish patient thrashed around in his bed"
SLASHED as an adjective:
1. patterned by having color applied with sweeping strokes; "brown iris...slashed with yellow"- Willa Cather
2. having long and narrow ornamental cuts showing an underlying fabric; "a slashed doublet"; "slashed cuffs showing the scarlet lining"
3. (cut, gashed, slashed) = wounded by cutting deeply; "got a gashed arm in a knife fight"; "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass"
4. (cut, slashed) = (used of rates or prices) reduced usually sharply; "the slashed prices attracted buyers"