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View definitions for gore

gore

noun as in bloodshed

Strong matches

verb as in pierce

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Bulls get flipped or lassoed or gored — sacrificed for public spectacle, then discarded when they can’t compete anymore.

In a genre where "the gore and gristle of serial killers can become overly fetishised", he continued, "the deaths are tough to watch without being explicit, restrained without sacrificing the necessary shock value".

From BBC

The word lends a technical remove to a grisly concept unless you love food and haven’t seen the gore and entrails served up rare and glistening throughout the previous episode.

From Salon

I watch a lot of movies, so I’m used to gore.

On June 1, a bison gored an 83-year-old woman from Greenville, S.C., lifting her about a foot off the ground near Yellowstone Lake, park officials said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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