To escape (a metacharacter) by prepending a backslash that serves as an escape character, thereby forming an escape sequence.
The punctuation mark \.
Used erroneously in reference to, or in reading out, the ordinary slash, that is, the punctuation mark /.
|passage= […] I was trying to find a web-site for which I had been given the following address: http://www.isop.ucla.edu/pacrim/pubs/korjournal.htm. […] I began to work backwards, removing first the last part of the address following the last backslash (/korjournal.htm).}}
To isolate or remove from contact.
To remove via cutting.
To turn off or switch off (an electrical device).
(North American) swerve in front of (another car) while driving; cut [someone] up
To interrupt (someone speaking).
To end abruptly.
To stop providing funds to (someone).
To stop the provision or supply of something, e.g. power, water.