I. verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All three stood in the hallway, the woman backed up to the wall, a finger and thumb goring her cheeks.
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Below: An aging male babirusa that appears near to the day when it slowly gores itself through its forehead.
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I had not been gored, chased, or even roared at.
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It stirred the man in him even as it gored him.
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Whether this phenomenon is good or bad for democracy depends on whose ox is being gored.
II. noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A gore or gusset is, in fact, another name for a scoot.
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He was dimly tempted to say, though, that he knew a thing or two about gore .
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His face was powder-stained and his uniform darkened with gore .
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The man's cheeks were tattooed with little vermilion chalices brimming with gore .
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Then you can limit the gore by just cutting off the laces to save her.
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There is more than one way to skin a theatrical cat, and McDonagh's chosen weapons are laughter and gore .
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To obtain the cupped or hemispherical shape with fairly smooth lines, the number of gores should be increased with the diameter.
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Yes, sir, the vicious Canuck will not rest until the Republic is lying in its own blood and gore !