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noun deep wound ADJ. deep, great, long | nasty, terrible VERB + GASH get, have PREP. on the ~ She got a nasty gash on the head. large hole ADJ. deep, great, long VERB + GASH carve, cut, tear The bulldozers carved a great gash through the forest. The rocks tore a long gash in the ship's hull.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary