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
Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
The Razorbacks gashed the Tigers for 44 points in the paint a week ago.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Sap dripped from the gash into a vessel near the base of the trunk, and in the morning, Woksis’s wife used the liquid to boil meat for dinner.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Houston established the run early with Joe Mixon, and Stroud made clutch throws while gashing the Chiefs with passes over the middle of the field.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
The Razorbacks gashed the Tigers for 44 points in the paint a week ago.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 2025
Noun
That's when McDonough spotted the gashes on both arms.
—Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Sap dripped from the gash into a vessel near the base of the trunk, and in the morning, Woksis’s wife used the liquid to boil meat for dinner.
—Nina Foster, JSTOR Daily, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gash
Verb
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Everyone, even the children, have scars from where the corners of their mouths have been slit up into their cheeks, Joker-style.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
27 Apr. 2025
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There are no marks on the bones directly attributable to a cause of death, Green said, and the Romans typically killed their sacrifices by slitting their throats or through drowning.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
8 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Later in the season, Jaz also faces a health scare as she’s brought to tears while dealing with pain in her leg.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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About an hour later, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerged on the central balcony of the basilica in Vatican City as the new leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination — wearing the white papal cassock for the first time and choking back tears.—
Mariel Padilla,
Them.,
8 May 2025
Verb
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Vega walked in another run as the Utes sliced the lead to 5-2 with one out.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2025
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Following a one-out walk of Carson Kelly, Walker allowed an RBI single to Justin Turner that sliced San Francisco’s lead to 5-4.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
Noun
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The woman sustained a laceration to her face, and was transported to University of Chicago Medical Center in fair condition, police said.—
Rebecca Johnson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Apr. 2025
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According to a GoFundMe set up on behalf of the family, Braxton — who was recently released from the hospital, according to Bring Me the News — sustained a ruptured eye, facial laceration and a torn ACL in the crash.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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There's More to That A Smithsonian magazine special report After multiple wildfires ripped through greater Los Angeles earlier this year, Californians were left to rebuild communities and grapple with the loss of life, nature and property.—
Ari Daniel,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 May 2025
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Terrance Culbreath, 53, was killed in a March 11 fire that ripped through his apartment on Van Nostrand Ave.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 May 2025
Verb
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The plan would slash $18 billion out of the N.I.H. budget, shrinking it to $27 billion — a stark contrast from its heyday in the 1990s, when a bipartisan Congress voted to double its budget within five years because Republicans argued biomedical research was an engine for economic growth.—
Sheryl Gay Stolberg,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
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Project 2025 was a sweeping blueprint from the 2024 campaign season from the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, to slash the federal workforce and dismantle federal agencies.—
Lisa Mascaro and Josh Boak,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2025
Verb
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Ramsay takes on the rigorous regimen just 10 months after a serious biking accident in Connecticut last June that left his ribs heavily bruised.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Johnson is a bruising back who shows a strong understanding of how to read blockers.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gash. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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