Synonyms
Examples of gore in a Sentence
Common Sense Media, Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2023
The movie's restraint was also notable after years of horror movies that emphasized extreme gore.
—Brendan Morrow, The Week, 6 Sep. 2023
The second installment became a word-of-mouth sensation among horror fans due to its extreme gore, lengthy running time, dark humor, hallucinatory sequences and cameos from genre mainstays like Chris Jericho and Felissa Rose.
—William Earl, Variety, 2 Nov. 2023
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—Theresa Johnson, Rolling Stone, 11 Oct. 2023
There’s no gore or blood or graphic images of any kind associated with those scenes.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Sep. 2023
These boots are easy to slip on and off with the elastic gore panels and heel tabs.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
Wasn’t that the meaning of a friendship stronger than the bones that held your gore and spirit?
—Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, The New Yorker, 3 Aug. 2023
World & Nation Bison gores man in Yellowstone National Park, second attack in a month
June 29, 2022
The attack took place near the Lake Lodge cabins on Yellowstone Lake’s north shore, near the northwestern tip of Wyoming.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
Stephen Sorace, Fox News, 26 Sep. 2023
Monday’s attack was the first since a Colorado Springs man was gored on June 27, 2022, near Giant Geyser.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
The previous event happened near Giant Geyser at Old Faithful when a bull bison gored a 34-year-old man from Colorado Springs, Colorado, the NPS said in a press release the following day.
—Michael Lee Simpson, Peoplemag, 18 July 2023
The people turned to walk away from the bison, but one of the animals charged and gored the woman, the release reads.
Park rangers are looking for 2 people accused of harassing a bison calf at Grand Teton National Park
A helicopter took the woman to a hospital in Idaho.
—Raja Razek, CNN, 17 July 2023
In 2017, a 10-point buck with rabies gored a man’s face in Upstate New York.
—Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 5 Oct. 2023
In order to gore its preferred ox, the FTC is ignoring the realities of today’s retail world in asserting that Amazon is a monopolist.
—Jessica Melugin, National Review, 4 Oct. 2023
On Monday, a woman from Arizona was charged and gored by a bison at Yellowstone National Park.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2023
One of the two large animals charged and gored the woman, and park officials believe mating season may have played a key role.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
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Word History
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Old English gāra; akin to Old English gār spear, and perhaps to Greek chaion shepherd's staff
Verb (2)
Middle English, probably from gore spear, sword, from Old English gār spear
Noun (2)
Middle English, filth, from Old English gor
Noun (1)
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (1)
1548, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb (2)
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1563, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Gore.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gore. Accessed 9 Dec. 2023.
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Kids Definition
gore
1 of 4 noun
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4 of 4 nounNoun
Old English gāre "triangular piece of land"
Verb
Middle English goren "pierce, gore"
Noun
Old English gor "filth"
Biographical Definition
Gore
biographical name
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