gashed

past tense of gash

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gashed
Verb
  • In another incident that month, a train conductor was slashed in the neck.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
  • So much so that movement speeds of loads (up or down) were slashed by 85% compared to common-or-garden backpacks.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 21 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • But the Hawks’ present-day problems ripped them right back into the here and now.
    Phil Thompson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Jan. 2025
  • Milton’s hurricane-force winds ripped trees from already soggy soils, but its historic rain also flooded neighborhoods that had never experienced waters so high.
    Jack Prator, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The president also floated cutting Chinese tariffs to 80%.
    Grace Miserocchi, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • However, with the fight at stake and Aldo unable to safely cut any more weight, a deal was struck between Aldo, the UFC, and Zahabi to fight at featherweight with a 145-pound limit.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 10 May 2025
Verb
  • The mountain is a troll’s hat that was pierced by an arrow following a grand chase; when the sun rose, all the trolls involved in the spectacle and those watching it—plus the punctured hat—turned to stone forever, forming Torghatten and the striking array of other peaks in the region.
    Blane Bachelor, AFAR Media, 9 Apr. 2025
  • My first arrow had pierced his rib cage and then ripped through to lodge in a shoulder blade.
    Ray Alt, Outdoor Life, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Two people were stabbed at a transit station in Queens, with one of them dying, and a woman was set on fire and died on a subway car in Brooklyn.
    Jack Birle, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Both women appeared to have been stabbed multiple times, authorities said and the local medical examiner’s office confirmed, per FOX 11, WSAZ and MetroNews.
    Samira Asma-Sadeque, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
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“Gashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gashed. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

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