gored

Pierced by tusk

Gored describes being pierced or wounded by an animal's horn or tusk.

Bulls gore matadors; wild boars gore hunters.

The image is violent and specific—a thrusting, penetrating wound: He was gored by an angry bull at the rodeo.

Separately, a gored skirt has triangular panels (gores) that create fullness and flare.

impaled

pierced

Had hole made

stabbedPierced with blade
skeweredPierced by pointed rod
puncturedPenetrated by sharp object

speared · tusked · horn · wound · lacerated · bleeding · injured · penetrated · perforated · transfixed

bullfighting

matador

Bullfight's fatal sword wielder

toreadorSpanish bullfight participant
bullSteer before castration
hornPointed animal headgear

arena · corrida · picador · banderillero · charge · tossed · trampled · fatality · rodeo · Pamplona

skirt

flared

Spread gradually outward

A-lineFitted-top flared garment
circleCurved closed shape
pleatsDoubled-over fabric folds

panels · flounce · hemline · silhouette · drapery · fullness · swing · volume · fabric · tailoring

Opposites

physical harm by horn/tusk

Free from bodily harm

unharmed · untouched · unscathed · escaped · unhurt

garment construction (sewing)

goredstraight-cut

Cut in direct lines

tubular · plain · A-line · fitted · flat

Phrases

Al GoreFormer vice president, environmentalist
blood and gore
gory details
Bush v GoreDisputed election's final ruling
Bush v. GoreElection-deciding court case
Gore Vidal"Burr" historical novelist

Family

gory, gore, gore-tex, goring, gores, goriness

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