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
Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
The Razorbacks gashed the Tigers for 44 points in the paint a week ago.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 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
Houston established the run early with Joe Mixon, and Stroud made clutch throws while gashing the Chiefs with passes over the middle of the field.
—Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2025
The Razorbacks gashed the Tigers for 44 points in the paint a week ago.
—Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 2 Mar. 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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Later in the season, Jaz also faces a health scare as she’s brought to tears while dealing with pain in her leg.—
Vanessa Etienne,
People.com,
8 May 2025
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About an hour later, 69-year-old Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerged on the central balcony of the basilica in Vatican City as the new leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination — wearing the white papal cassock for the first time and choking back tears.—
Mariel Padilla,
Them.,
8 May 2025
Verb
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Vega walked in another run as the Utes sliced the lead to 5-2 with one out.—
Matt Murschel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 May 2025
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Following a one-out walk of Carson Kelly, Walker allowed an RBI single to Justin Turner that sliced San Francisco’s lead to 5-4.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
7 May 2025
Noun
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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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Ramsay takes on the rigorous regimen just 10 months after a serious biking accident in Connecticut last June that left his ribs heavily bruised.—
Erin Clements,
People.com,
25 Apr. 2025
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Johnson is a bruising back who shows a strong understanding of how to read blockers.—
Sean Hammond,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2025
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“Gash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gash. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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