Meaning & use
gasped
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Took a sudden, sharp breath, typically in reaction to surprise, pain, or shock.
See it in a sentence
The audience gasped when the magician made the assistant disappear.
She gasped for air after being underwater for so long.
A note on using this word
The word is often used to convey collective shock in a scene, as in "the whole room gasped," without needing further description.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
exhaled calmly
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