The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

slant n. 1 angle, viewpoint, (point of) view, standpoint, approach,
twist, idea, aspect, attitude: The article reflects a new slant
on why governments are sometimes out of touch with the
electorate. 2 bias, prejudice, partiality, one-sidedness, turn,
bent: Carla's reporting has a feminist slant which occasionally
distorts the facts. 3 slope, incline, tilt, ramp, gradient,
pitch, lean, leaning, deflection, angle, rake, cant, camber: A
window sill normally has an outward slant. The road has a slant
downwards to the right on right-hand curves.
--v. 4 tilt, angle, incline, pitch, cant, slope, bend, lean,
list, tip, bevel, shelve: The land slants downwards near the
lake. Notice how his writing slants upwards at the ends of the
lines. Cut the edges to slant outwards. 5 bend, distort,
deviate, twist, warp, colour, weight, bias: The editor slanted
the story to put the minister in a favourable light.
slap v. 1 smack, cuff, whack, rap; spank; Colloq clout, wallop: He
said something extremely rude so she slapped him. 2 flap, slat,
whip, beat, bat: Can't you stop that blind from slapping in the
wind? 3 fling, toss, splash, hurl, throw, sling: If you slap
some paint on it, no one will know the difference.
--n. 4 smack, blow, cuff, whack, rap, Colloq clout, wallop: He
got a hard slap on the cheek for using foul language. 5 Often,
slap in the face. reprimand, reproof, rebuff, criticism,
censure, rebuke, shot, thrust, attack, put-down, insult,
offence, smack in the eye: The speaker's reference to Anne's
paper as 'trivial' was a severe slap in the face.
--adv. 6 slap on. exactly, directly, precisely, straight,
point-blank, right, squarely, plumb, smack, bang: As usual,
Barry's comments were slap on the mark.
slash v. 1 cut, gash, hack, score, slit, knife, lacerate; wound;
scar: The guide slashed away at the undergrowth with his
machete. 2 lash, whip, scourge, flog, beat, horsewhip, flail,
flagellate, flay, lambaste, thrash, beat: In those days, a
convicted felon was beaten and slashed in front of a crowd in
the market-place. 3 cut, reduce, decrease, drop, mark down,
trim, lower: Prices were slashed to clear out last season's
styles.