as in to stab
to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object
running with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain, may sound like fun, but the bulls have been known to gore runners who get too close
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Recent Examples of gore
On June 1, a bison gored an 83-year-old woman from Greenville, S.C., lifting her about a foot off the ground near Yellowstone Lake, park officials said.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
An elephant can use its tusks to push, lift, or gore a rhino that tries to threaten it.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2024
The woman suffered a puncture wound and other injuries when the bison gored her and threw her 10 feet in the air.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
Northern Kentucky man gored by bull in Pamplona, Spain, now recovering.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
An elephant can use its tusks to push, lift, or gore a rhino that tries to threaten it.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 16 July 2024
The woman suffered a puncture wound and other injuries when the bison gored her and threw her 10 feet in the air.
—Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 4 June 2024
Northern Kentucky man gored by bull in Pamplona, Spain, now recovering.
—Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 8 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gore
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That’s when Padilla lunged and stabbed the man that held the door open, police said.—
Kate Linderman,
Kansas City Star,
5 Feb. 2025
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What starts as a romp in the woods, though, soon turns into a horror show when Josh’s friend Sergey (Friend) tries to force himself on Iris, who stabs him to death.—
Brenna Ehrlich,
Rolling Stone,
4 Feb. 2025
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If the extreme temperatures and limited supplies of oxygen don’t get you, a centimetre-size piece of space debris could puncture your spacesuit, leading to rapid depressurization and death.—
Dhruv Khullar,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Bullets had already punctured the porch steps of Mel Aaron’s home in the East Lake neighborhood of Birmingham, Ala., one of the most violent cities in America.—
Eduardo Medina,
New York Times,
8 Feb. 2025
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Deputies found Campitelli, a popular piercing artist, dead in her Merritt Island apartment on May 15, 2021, after Keller called 911 saying she had been shot, the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement.—
KC Baker,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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His face is a death mask: gaunt and soiled, teeth pebbly, eyes dilated but piercing in their last hint of blued luminescence.—
Matt Thompson,
SPIN,
3 Feb. 2025
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On Renato Moicano’s Loss to Islam Makhachev Following UFC 311, Pimblett, who is the No. 12 fighter in the UFC’s official lightweight rankings, threw some social media jabs at Moicano, who accepted the Makhachev fight on one day’s notice.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Derek Hough subtly jabs at Gene Simmons while judging Phaedra Parks on Dancing With the Stars In addition to the contestants' performances, tonight's episode provided a dance that was nothing short of a miracle.—
Calie Schepp,
EW.com,
16 Oct. 2024
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Many of these actions won’t stick legally or prove popular with voters.—
Nick Gillespie,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
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The freshman made her debut on the apparatus, nearly sticking her Yurchenko 1.5 vault for a 9.850.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Feb. 2025
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Answer just four questions, and the Books desk will pick one out.—
Claire Moses,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
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The city’s Museum Square turns into a giant tulip garden where everybody—including tourists—is free to pick a bouquet.—
Chris Schalkx,
AFAR Media,
14 Feb. 2025
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At times, those on the margins get inside, if only briefly, and others, who were established, get spit out.—
Deborah Treisman,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
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Sten Lennart Jakobsen/East Zealand Museum About 66 million years ago, just before the mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs, a fish chewed up and spit out some sea creatures.—
James Doubek,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2025
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“Gore.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gore. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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