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gash

/ɡæʃ/ verb C2
  1. To make a deep, long cut; to slash. · My leg got gashed.

He/she/it gashes · Past gashed · Past participle gashed · -ing form gashing

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Verb forms

Base form
gash
He/she/it
gashes
Past
gashed
Past participle
gashed
-ing form
gashing

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Then it lengthened out until it became a yellow line, and then, without any warning or sound, a gash seemed to open and a hand appeared, a white, almost womanly hand, which felt about in the centre of the little area of light.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 29 · B2
I ran back for a light and there was the poor fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in blood.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes, p. 75 · C1

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