Thesaurus results for GASHED

gashed

verb

past tense of gash

as in sliced

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 gashed When both gashed their elbow skin open on the 4S Ranch 10U all-star team. — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2026 Suggs looked down to see that his arm had been gashed open and was dripping blood. — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026 James Cook’s first carry went for 16 yards around his right tackle, the Broncos were gashed, Bills Mafia smelled blood, and the tone was set. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 16 Jan. 2026 The Warriors, who often play three- or four-guard lineups, have been gashed by a Blazers front line that features the 7-foot-2 Donovan Clingan. — Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 13 Jan. 2026 The 49ers' defense is decimated with injuries, and they just got gashed on the ground by the Seattle Seahawks in the regular season finale. — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 11 Jan. 2026 For the third time this year, the Aggies were gashed on a crucial drive, dooming them to a 10-3 loss Saturday to the Hurricanes in the College Football Playoff. — Tony Catalina, Austin American Statesman, 20 Dec. 2025 The Panthers have typically struggled against opposing tight ends, and Johnson, in particular, has gashed Ejiro Evero’s unit over the past three years. — Charlotte Observer, 14 Dec. 2025 The defense was gashed for 179 yards on the ground and will have six players sidelined this week on that side of the ball, including missing middle linebacker Jack Sanborn and safety Donovan Wilson for the second straight game. — Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Nov. 2025

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The post-World War II period is sometimes thought of as a golden age, for the economic pie both grew and was sliced more equally.

— Nicholas D. Kristof, Mercury News, 14 July 2026
The magazine’s anatomically graphic photos—rats butchered alive, dogs with their faces sliced open, monkeys screaming at the electrodes implanted in their abdomens—seemed like windows into hell.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026

Definition of sliced

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Iran struck a pumping station on Saudi’s pipeline to the Red Sea in April, which slashed throughput by 700,000 bpd.

— Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 16 July 2026
During O’Neill’s time at the helm, Kennedy slashed the number of diseases covered in the pediatric immunization schedule, altered the CDC website to include inaccurate information and packed a key CDC advisory committee with vaccine skeptics.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026

Definition of slashed

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By that time thousands of ground-penetrating bombs had ripped through the subsoil with the seismic force of small earthquakes.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
In 2018, the Camp fire ripped through Butte County, burning 150,000 acres and killing 85 people.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2026

Definition of ripped

Verb

In his first international meeting with England, Messi had a pair of assists on two late-match daggers that pierced through the hearts of Three Lions’ players and supporters.

— Gavin Godfrey, AJC.com, 16 July 2026
Finally, in 2024 in Chicago, in an accidental shooting, the same bullet pierced a 16-year-old boy and a policeman.

— Cal Chengqi Fang, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Definition of pierced

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Jordan Harbst was riding his scooter along the Greenbelt when 41-year-old Ross Wardlaw allegedly stepped into his path and stabbed him to death, according to previous Statesman reporting.

— Carolyn Komatsoulis Updated July 13, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
Aziel Zacapala, the Rosemead High School student who was fatally stabbed in El Monte on Friday, July 10, 2026.

— Lauren Pozen, CBS News, 13 July 2026

Definition of stabbed

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They’re designed with a sleek flat front, a mid-rise elastic waistband, a slightly loose leg opening, and small side slits for a comfortable, relaxed fit.

— Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 4 June 2026
Before police took him into custody, Tran slit his wrists, cut his neck and poked the blade into his stomach, but all of the wounds were superficial.

— Sean Emery, Oc Register, 1 June 2026

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