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
Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
Steep fjord walls around the island are littered with the scars of past rockslides.
—Paul Bierman, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Nov. 2025
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Reviewer Nena Farrell saw noticeable improvements in acne and scarring while testing it.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Take the time to ponder outdated habits or emotional scars.
—Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 7 Jan. 2026
Steep fjord walls around the island are littered with the scars of past rockslides.
—Paul Bierman, Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
Some of what Leach saw was enough to scar even the most hardened criminal, and Leach was anything but.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Nov. 2025
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Reviewer Nena Farrell saw noticeable improvements in acne and scarring while testing it.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 30 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scar
Verb
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The Magic have also been without All-Defensive guard Jalen Suggs for 10 of the past 12 games first because of a left hip bruise and then a right knee MCL bruise.—
Jason Beede,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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That book’s thrilling confidences have been partly supplanted in The Four Spent the Day Together by embittered score-settling (recounting her bruising run-in with cancel culture, e.g.).—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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This isn’t the first time this season that Vrabel has been bloodied.—
Saad Yousuf,
New York Times,
12 Jan. 2026
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Court records viewed by NBC News revealed that the sequence of events that left Ross bloodied and bruised bore some similarities to the scenario that ended with Good’s death.—
Corky Siemaszko,
NBC news,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Ukrainian officials said four people were killed and at least 22 wounded in the capital overnight.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
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Federal agents wounded two people in a shooting in Portland, Oregon, on Thursday.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The Pacers were without Isaiah Jackson (concussion), Bennedict Mathurin (right thumb sprain), Obi Toppin (right foot stress fracture) and Tyrese Haliburton (right Achilles tendon tear).—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
11 Jan. 2026
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Leaving broken branches and stems in place potentially makes branch damage worse, allows bark to tear further, and leaves plants more exposed to diseases and winter winds.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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However, wheels have fallen off Detroit’s defense, which has been gashed for at least 29 points in each of its last four outings.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
25 Dec. 2025
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The frustration comes from honestly just not having a good enough plan to beat that cover zero and seeing something over and over like that and not being able to gash it.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Dec. 2025
Verb
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In the process, one robber violently shoved the store’s octogenarian owner to the ground, police said, leaving him bloodied and lacerated from numerous shards of glass.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
22 Dec. 2025
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Catherine’s right leg was lacerated to the bone and nearly amputated by a propeller.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This deer can’t even grab a bite at the local deer feeder without getting gored.—
Josh Honeycutt,
Outdoor Life,
30 Oct. 2025
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Earlier this year, a New Jersey man who was visiting Yellowstone National Park was gored by a bison.—
Tabitha Parent,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some government offices and financial institutions were damaged during the unrest, residents said, while merchants reported being ordered to reopen businesses despite ongoing security operations.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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The gunfire damaged the car’s rear end, trunk, tail light and rear window louver, according to court documents.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Scar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scar. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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