How to Use "slash" with Example Sentences

1. And firms have been unusually quick to slash payrolls .
2. But the government has pledged to slash greenhouse-gas emissions by 80 % by 2050 .
3. Renewed weakness north of the border this month has prompted economists to slash their forecasts for mexico as well .
4. Why not slash deficits immediately ?
5. Firms cannot slash stocks for ever .