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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Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
The head and mouth of the newborn calf are gashed open with propeller wounds.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
Andean Travel Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, Colca is a dramatic gash in Southern Peru where Inca-built agricultural terraces line the hillsides, and shadows of Andean condors—with all nine feet of their wingspans—ripple across the landscape.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
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Verb
Pole vaulter Sam Kendricks won silver, despite gashing his hand!
—Rachel G Bowers, USA TODAY, 6 Aug. 2024
The head and mouth of the newborn calf are gashed open with propeller wounds.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
Noun
And my daughter was standing there with a big gash on her face.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 21 May 2024
Andean Travel Twice as deep as the Grand Canyon, Colca is a dramatic gash in Southern Peru where Inca-built agricultural terraces line the hillsides, and shadows of Andean condors—with all nine feet of their wingspans—ripple across the landscape.
—Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Nov. 2023
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“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gash. Accessed 7 Oct. 2024.
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