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dashed

1 American  
[dasht] / dæʃt /

adjective

  1. made up of dashes: dash.

    a dashed line down the middle of the road.
dashed 2 American  
[dasht] / dæʃt /

adjective

Chiefly British.

  1. (used as a euphemism) damned.

    dashed impudence; dashed bad luck.

Other Word Forms

  • dashedly adverb

Etymology

Origin of dashed1

First recorded in 1640–50; dash 1 + -ed 2

Origin of dashed2

First recorded in 1640–50; dash 2 + -ed 2

Example Sentences

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Dmitri had to give up his dream of joining the KGB when his hope that the new president, Boris Yeltsin, would be removed by the remnants of the Communist regime were dashed.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kim had largely ignored these overtures and dashed hopes of rapprochement in a fiery statement delivered at the end of a landmark party congress.

From Barron's

Hopes to install wind turbines were also dashed "because they interfere with radar and border surveillance systems".

From Barron's

But the 18-year-old's medal hopes were all but dashed on her first routine as she attempted a quad toe loop but fell.

From BBC

Then, all of the ideas about what life could’ve been are dashed away in an instant.

From Salon

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