Sentence:  Another Yankee became so disgusted as to state : `` I wish to <WSD>God</WSD> one half of our officers were knocked in the head by slinging them against [ the other half ] '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions