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

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EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB

A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
But, as the keel of the boats touched bottom, each boat-load dashed into the water and then into the enemy's fire.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTON
The men arrived in very bad condition, and many of them blinded with the salt water which had dashed into their eyes.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 1493-1898, VOLUME XX, 1621-1624VARIOUS
While you were admiring the long roll of the wave, a sudden spray would be dashed over you, and make you catch your breath!
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
The villain Longcluse, and the whole fabric of his machinations, may be dashed in pieces by a word.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANU
Their inhabitants shall be dashed in pieces before their eyes: their houses shall be pillaged, and their wives shall be ravished.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUS
One day the hopes of all were aroused by a distant roar in the mountains, only to be dashed by finding it to be thunder.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
He dashed into his own hotel, wrote five notes one after the other, tearing up each one before it was finished.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
He did not stop until he dashed headlong into a thicket, far away to the right of their line of march.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
Surely France must now recognise that he alone could save her; but the second restoration dashed his hopes to the ground.
NAPOLEON'S MARSHALSR. P. DUNN-PATTISON
SYNONYM OF THE DAYMAY 12, 2021
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