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
Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Another alleged he was ordered to keep working after a load of fish landed on him, gashing his leg to the bone and overflowing his boot with blood.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Dan Duggan, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Fifteen days after the Twilight mile, Prefontaine, overcoming a bloody gash from an encounter with an uncovered bolt on the pool deck of the team’s hotel, won the first of his four NCAA 3 mile/5,000-meter titles.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
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Verb
One fisherman named Akhmad, who like many Indonesians uses only one name, said he was hit by a metal hook and forced to work even after being injured on the job by a load of fish that gashed open his leg to the bone.
—Julie Watson, Los Angeles Times, 13 Mar. 2025
Another alleged he was ordered to keep working after a load of fish landed on him, gashing his leg to the bone and overflowing his boot with blood.
—Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2025
Noun
Remarkably, neither player was seriously injured, although Robinson required liquid stitches to close a gash on his lip.
—Dan Duggan, New York Times, 31 July 2025
Fifteen days after the Twilight mile, Prefontaine, overcoming a bloody gash from an encounter with an uncovered bolt on the pool deck of the team’s hotel, won the first of his four NCAA 3 mile/5,000-meter titles.
—Scott M. Reid, Oc Register, 29 July 2025
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Verb
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That's when the state is planning to put Ralph Menzies to death for the murder of 25-year-old Maurine Hunsaker, a married mother of three who was found tied to a tree with her throat slit nearly 40 years ago.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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When Rochelle Luna, 18, arrived at the house hours later, Djerf bound, gagged and raped her before stabbing her and slitting her throat, the brief said.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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Festival audiences responded with emotional intensity, including visible tears and audible gasps during the screening.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Anisimova could not hold back the tears in her on-court interview following the match.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Shoppers recommend slicing it before freezing so individual portions are ready to grab whenever a craving hits.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Sep. 2025
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Its beauty lies in low-slung pastel buildings, pine forests edging the city, and ferries slicing through the Baltic toward fortress islands like Suomenlinna—while locals linger in cafés over cardamom buns or get cozy in harborside saunas.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Cheryl had a laceration on the front of her neck and was covered in blood from her neck down.—
Samira Asma-Sadeque,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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About 17% of the whales had major injuries such as lacerations from propellers, amputations or blunt trauma.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes the stories were ripped from the headlines, capitalizing on media frenzy.—
Jourdain Searles,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Sep. 2025
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The Padres ripped him for six runs on six hits over 3 2/3 innings.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On the other hand, Democrats have worked to nationalize the race by tying Earle-Sears to Trump and his efforts to slash the federal workforce.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The deadly shooting occurred on a street in the Brownsville section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn near the 73rd Precinct station house, where the suspect slashed an officer with a knife that authorities said had a 14-inch blade, according to police.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gash. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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