gash
noun
a long, deep wound or cut; slash.
had gashed
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past perfectof gash.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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“Our defense was tired of hearing the noise,” Jackson said of reminders that Henry had gashed the Ravens defense in their two most recent meetings.
From New York Times ● Jan. 10, 2021
The Niners had gashed Kansas City most of the night, and Coach Kyle Shanahan’s running game had been the most devastating weapon of the postseason.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2020
Now everyone was worried about honey-haired Tenley Albright, the hard-luck kid from Newton, Mass. Only two weeks before, she had gashed her right ankle in a practice accident.
From Time Magazine Archive
I stepped upon something which slipped from under me, and I went down sprawling, sure that I had gashed my foot, for I had felt a sharp edge as I fell.
From The Devil's Admiral by Frederick Ferdinand Moore
Since Maheegun, the she-wolf, had gashed his shoulder so fiercely away back in the days of his puppyhood he had evaded the path of that cry.
From Nomads of the North A Story of Romance and Adventure under the Open Stars by James Oliver Curwood
