great gash

Frequency: 6.88.1 per million words

Emphasizes the very large size of a wound or cut.

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Examples (10)

  • The bulldozers carved a great gash through the forest.
  • The fall left a great gash on his forehead that needed stitches.
  • There was a great gash in the rock face where the avalanche tore through.
  • She noticed a great gash in the sofa fabric after the move.
  • Surgeons closed the great gash in time, preventing further blood loss.
  • A great gash ran along the hull of the ship after it scraped the reef.
  • He wore a bandage to cover the great gash on his knee.
  • Lightning split the old oak, leaving a great gash down its trunk.
  • We could see a great gash in the asphalt after the earthquake.
  • Is that a great gash on your arm, or just a scratch?