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
Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Nice stand by the Bills, who were gashed on the game’s opening possession.
—NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
One bashed Leo in the head with a shovel, leaving him with a gash a quarter inch deep.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Akhmad alleged that the captain also forced him to keep working after his leg was gashed to the bone.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Nice stand by the Bills, who were gashed on the game’s opening possession.
—NBC News, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
Footage filmed from a helicopter on Tuesday morning showed the fire appeared to largely be out on the Stena, which had a large gash on its port side.
—CBS News, 11 Mar. 2025
One bashed Leo in the head with a shovel, leaving him with a gash a quarter inch deep.
—Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 3 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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With tears welling in her eyes, Serena reveals where the commanders' flight to D.C. is departing from.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
20 May 2025
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Ewing suffered a postseason-ending partial Achilles tear in Game 2 of that series, but the Knicks still managed to advance in six games thanks in large part to the late-game heroics of Johnson.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
19 May 2025
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Santana’s at-bats per extra-base hit, by year: 2025: 21.3 2024: 10.6 2023: 9.6 2022: 11.6 2021: 16.6 2020: 13.7 2019: 8.8 David Fry will return soon from elbow surgery, and if Santana’s power hasn’t resurfaced by then, the Guardians can’t be afraid to slice into his playing time.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
19 May 2025
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Trump and others in his administration have tried slicing through these knots rather than putting in the legal work to untie them.—
The Editors,
National Review,
19 May 2025
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The 50-year-old injured man was treated at the scene for a superficial laceration and did not require hospitalization, authorities said.—
Harry Harris,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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Other top hazards were fall risks, burns, entrapment, poisoning, laceration, suffocation and choking.—
Kelly Tyko,
Axios,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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An 18-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of ripping down the flag.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
12 May 2025
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Astronomers have caught a black hole far from the center of its home galaxy ripping a star to shreds — providing, for the first time, direct evidence of a rogue supermassive black hole in action.—
Sharmila Kuthunur,
Space.com,
9 May 2025
Verb
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The result is a leaner, more transparent value chain that slashes transit times, anchors skilled jobs at home, and gives automakers, wind-turbine producers, battery materials manufacturers, and aerospace primes a domestic alternative to long-distance supply lines.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
16 May 2025
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Read Next State Politics Plan to slash property taxes passes Idaho House.—
Sarah Cutler,
Idaho Statesman,
15 May 2025
Verb
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Photos showing Rihanna bloodied and bruised after the attack were leaked to the public at the time, forever altering Brown's reputation and kicking off more than a decade of legal troubles.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
17 May 2025
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At one point, Geoff decided to reprogram Ian’s foot switch, in part to cheer up Molly Holm, one of Ian’s nurses since 2008, who had bruised her ribs slipping on ice.—
Sarah Zhang,
The Atlantic,
16 May 2025
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“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gash. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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