as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the scars left by carelessly scratching the car door with one's keys
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as in to bruise
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Recent Examples of scar
Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
The fascinating thing about this play is how well the writer teases out such themes from what really feels like an ordinary, working-class conversation among two Scots, carrying scars but maybe (only maybe) also some hunger for unity.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
Other filming incidents Butler was involved in were scarring Hilary Swank while working on 2017’s P.S.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The threat is present at each of the major fires' burn scars, including the Palisades and Eaton Fires, as well as the earlier Bridge Fire.
—Andrew Freedman, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025
The fascinating thing about this play is how well the writer teases out such themes from what really feels like an ordinary, working-class conversation among two Scots, carrying scars but maybe (only maybe) also some hunger for unity.
—Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
Verb
What happened to the dogs A veterinarian who examined the dogs that November day found that some had rashes around their necks from their collars, scarring patterns consistent with dogfighting and teeth that had been forcibly removed from their mouths.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 Feb. 2025
Other filming incidents Butler was involved in were scarring Hilary Swank while working on 2017’s P.S.
—Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scar
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Novo Nordisk , Biogen , Eisai, Merck and Pfizer Weight in portfolio: 2.72% Most recent buy: Nov. 25, 2024 Initiated: Oct. 8, 2021 Bottom line Eli Lilly has its stride back after a bruising three-month stretch for the stock that began with its messy third-quarter earnings report.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
6 Feb. 2025
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The website comes after a bruising two weeks for public health workers.—
Erika Edwards,
NBC News,
5 Feb. 2025
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That shooting was part of an all-out vicious gang war that left rivals and residents wounded and bloodied, and parents and children ducking for cover, officials said.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
5 Feb. 2025
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How about using a riot shield to smash a police officer into a metal door frame, leaving him bruised and bloodied?—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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It’s anchored by an actress, Marion Cotillard, who has one of the great faces, and a classical sophistication with a glamorous, out-of-reach noirish beauty that pairs wonderfully with a creature cut out of Hans Christian Andersen: amorous, elusive, but wounded.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
16 Feb. 2025
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According to his indictment, Davis orchestrated Shakur’s murder and provided the .40-caliber Glock that also wounded Knight, who was driving Shakur down the famed Vegas strip.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
16 Feb. 2025
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However, four snaps into his debut, that hope was extinguished as Rodgers tore his Achilles tendon and missed the remainder of his maiden campaign in New Jersey.—
Ben Morse,
CNN,
11 Feb. 2025
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This took us years and a lot of stress and sometimes tears.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
10 Feb. 2025
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They’ve been gashed a bit more in the playoffs, allowing 148 yards on the ground in the previous two games, but with two weeks of rest and game-planning behind them, the Chiefs defense will be looking to put a stopper in the rushing attack that has led the Eagles to New Orleans.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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The Chiefs were gashed at times by James Cook in their AFC title game win over the Bills, and Joe Mixon had a pretty good day against them in the divisional round, too.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2025
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Instead of showing the big game, bars and restaurants around the city put on a replay of Super Bowl XLIV, where the Saints blew out the Indianapolis Colts 31 to 17.—
Jack Crosbie,
Rolling Stone,
8 Feb. 2025
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Simply prop the closet door open overnight and place one fan in the closet, blowing out, and another fan diagonally from the in-closet fan, blowing in.—
Rabekah Henderson,
Southern Living,
8 Feb. 2025
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The Democrats today recall the Whigs lacerated by Marx in nineteenth-century Britain, another liberal party tied to an arrogant economic elite.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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Brzezinski and Scarborough’s criticism of the president’s day-one actions comes a little over two months after the talk show couple were lacerated by liberals for privately visiting then-President-elect Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate back in November.—
Harrison Chon-Walker,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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Previous reports noted that the elephant gored the student, but Spanish news agency EFE verified that she was not gored, per the Daily Mail.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
5 Jan. 2025
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The elaborate play features four actors dressed as stereotypical Englishmen being gored in an intricate burst of fight choreography that elicits cheers from the natives.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
5 Dec. 2024
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“Scar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scar. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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