as in to slit
to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)
her face had been gashed by the rocks as she tumbled down the embankment
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Recent Examples of gash
Ben Standig, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
During the ruckus, Blake is gashed by the beast, beginning his gradual transformation and degeneration into a Wolf Man.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The star cornerback had a notable gash above his left eye during the Super Bowl parade in downtown Philadelphia.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Saquon Barkley gashed Washington for 296 of his league-best 2,005 rushing yards and four of his 13 touchdowns on the ground.
—Ben Standig, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
During the ruckus, Blake is gashed by the beast, beginning his gradual transformation and degeneration into a Wolf Man.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
Footage filmed from a helicopter Tuesday morning showed the fire appeared to largely be out on the tanker, which had a large gash on its port side.
—arkansasonline.com, 11 Mar. 2025
The star cornerback had a notable gash above his left eye during the Super Bowl parade in downtown Philadelphia.
—Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gash
Verb
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Then, fearing he'd be blamed, Tripp stole a knife from the office of pastry chef Didier Gotthard (Bronson Pinchot) and used it to slit A.B.'s wrists in order to make his death look more like a suicide.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
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Heat is then directed upward and outward via outlet slits on the card edges to reduce the recirculation of heated air.—
John Burek,
PCMAG,
20 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There was applause, tears, children running amok and flowers being thrown in the air.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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In an emotional interview alongside Marino, who is seen wiping away tears, Watson, whose character has many scenes with A.B., reminisced about working with Braugher and the shock of his death.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The basic accessory comes with a processor blade and two multiuse shredding and slicing discs.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
20 Mar. 2025
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That data can then be sliced into chunks to determine how fast the Universe was expanding at each point of time in the past, the better to model how dark energy was affecting that expansion.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
Ars Technica,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Segway is recalling about 220,000 Segway scooters sold nationwide because the product's folding mechanism can fail while in use, posing a fall hazard that has left 20 people with injuries including broken bones, bruises and lacerations, the company said Thursday.—
Anne Marie Lee,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Police found Jean dead inside the home with a laceration across her throat, The Perry News reported.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Kansas City Star,
17 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And Fitzgerald provided the bulk of their offense from the nine-hole, ripping a two-run home run to left-center in the third inning and scoring the go-ahead run in the seventh on Grant McCray’s single up the middle.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
26 Mar. 2025
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The moral scaffolding that keeps us from giving in to our primal desires gets ripped away and, naturally, very rudimentary notions of decency fall apart.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Big studios have slashed budgets, making life for production crews more financially precarious.—
Steven Kurutz,
New York Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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The vacuum, which is typically priced at $450, has been slashed to just $300 at Amazon.—
Amy Schulman,
People.com,
28 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Democrats mounted several wins and strong performances in the special elections in the lead-up to the 2024 general election, but saw bruising losses across the board last November.—
Jack Birle,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
26 Mar. 2025
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Those of us in Washington who fought through the bruising first Trump trade war knew better.—
Dewardric L. McNeal,
CNBC,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gash. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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