Antonyms for gashed


Grammar : Verb
Spell : gash
Phonetic Transcription : gæʃ


Definition of gashed

Origin :
  • 1540s, from Middle English garce (early 13c.), from Old North French garser "to scarify, cut, slash" (Old French *garse), apparently from Vulgar Latin *charassare, from Greek kharassein "engrave," from PIE *gher- "to scrape, scratch" (cf. character). Loss of -r- is characteristic (see ass (n.2)). Slang use for "vulva" dates to mid-1700s.
  • verb cut by slicing
Example sentences :
  • He wandered about naked, and in his madness often gashed his flesh with sharp stones.
  • Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
  • Only as gashed, lifeless, mutilated forms will we ever see them again.
  • Extract from : « Marion's Faith. » by Charles King
  • That hatchet face of his was gashed with what he thought was a smile.
  • Extract from : « Vigorish » by Gordon Randall Garrett
  • At this she gashed a look at Hilary, then cast down her eyes.
  • Extract from : « Fraternity » by John Galsworthy
  • Thornton put one hand to his mouth, and with the other gashed his throat from ear to ear.
  • Extract from : « Pelham, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • A black crust of blood had dried over the place where her rock had gashed his cheek.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • His forehead was gashed and blood was running down into one eye that was swollen and shut.
  • Extract from : « Shaman » by Robert Shea
  • And the rotors were gashed in one place, and the shafts were bent.
  • Extract from : « Space Platform » by Murray Leinster
  • Black Moran looks like he'd be'n gashed with a butcher's cleaver!
  • Extract from : « Connie Morgan in the Fur Country » by James B. Hendryx
  • For he saw the imprints of heels, and indentations where spurs had gashed the earth.
  • Extract from : « 'Drag' Harlan » by Charles Alden Seltzer

Synonyms for gashed

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