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
Giles, coming on the scene, had been tripped up and left for stunned by one unaware how an unhappy blade had gashed his fall.
From The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman
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
