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gash

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"Deep slash"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ˈɡæʃ/Part of speech noun, verbSorted aghsStarts with GEnds with H2 cluesCommon crossword word
1G2A3S4H

Definitions

  1. a strong sweeping cut made with a sharp instrument

Word origin

Alteration of older garsh, from Middle English garsen, from Old French garser, jarsier (Modern French gercer), from Vulgar Latin *charaxāre, from Ancient Greek χαρακτήρ (kharaktḗr, “engraver”).

Used in a sentence

  • Unwittingly I slashed a gushing gash in my hand with a switchblade.
  • Then Beowulf too rallied. With his whetted dagger he slit a gash in the serpent's middle.
  • The victim of the attack, Russell Mills, suffered a head gash, a broken knee cap and a broken wrist.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Deep slash4 letters
02Deep cut4 letters

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