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
Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Post-accident, Varren still sports a forehead scar and continues to ride his e-bike in his Miramar neighborhood with friends.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Around 50 million people worldwide live with this infection, and every year, about 242,000 people die, mostly because long‑term infection can scar the liver or lead to liver cancer.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2025
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Noun
These dances came at a time in Germany when artists were wrestling with the scars of World War I and the intensification of the developing industrial economy.
—Shanti Escalante-De Mattei, ARTnews.com, 6 Apr. 2026
Post-accident, Varren still sports a forehead scar and continues to ride his e-bike in his Miramar neighborhood with friends.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2026
Verb
Crockett and her supporters are prying open fissures that will scar whichever candidate emerges.
—Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 5 Feb. 2026
Around 50 million people worldwide live with this infection, and every year, about 242,000 people die, mostly because long‑term infection can scar the liver or lead to liver cancer.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scar
Verb
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The minutiae of his substitution pattern at the beginning of a game wouldn’t bruise his ego, his insatiable yearning to shoot the basketball that Denver desperately needed.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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The Kings played without Russell Westbrook (quad bruise).—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Mar. 2026
Verb
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For Weaving, being stalked, hunted, and bloodied on screen is just another fun day on set.—
Christina Perrier,
InStyle,
1 Apr. 2026
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Fists flew on the 50-yard line as tempers heated up during the traditional post-game handshake, with some athletes exiting the field bloodied and bruised.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Four people were wounded after someone opened fire during a street takeover in the San Gabriel Valley, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.—
Dean Fioresi,
CBS News,
13 Apr. 2026
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In a 40-minute phone call late Thursday, a Hezbollah field commander told NPR how he was wounded in Israel's vast bombardment of Beirut a day earlier, which killed more than 350 people, according to Lebanese authorities.—
Lauren Frayer,
NPR,
12 Apr. 2026
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Just around the corner, strong gusts tore shingles from a home, leaving them strewn across the yard.—
Abby Dodge,
CBS News,
8 Apr. 2026
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Then, on a force play, Contreras slid hard into second, banging into shortstop David Hamilton’s left knee with his cleats and tearing his pants.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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Both exploited weaknesses in the Rams defense, with Saquon Barkley gashing it in 2024 and Sam Darnold attacking its outside cornerbacks last season.—
Jacob Robinson,
New York Times,
16 Mar. 2026
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Bernie was sleeping next to the wall, and two claws had caught him on the hand, gashing his thumb and tearing through the web of flesh between thumb and forefinger.—
Doris DeCleene,
Outdoor Life,
25 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Some of the women were bleeding from their reproductive organs, while others had blood dripping from slashes on their breasts, their bodies having been lacerated with a sharp instrument.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
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The results are melodramatic and violent: Stroheim’s lacerating approach to the subject turns its champagne fantasy into bracing and eye-opening bitters.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Ricardo Ortiz was handling the bulls in their enclosures at La Malagueta, a historic bullring in Málaga, when one of the animals gored him, according to Lances de Futuro, the company organizing the bullfight.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
4 Apr. 2026
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By the end of the story, characters have been shot, pierced by arrows, gored by a deer, and nearly burned to death in a barn fire.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Mar. 2026
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As the plane ascended, someone threw a grenade at it, damaging a wing.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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One of the vehicles apparently also slammed into the rear of a parked silver BMW, damaging it, as well.—
Nicholas Williams,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Scar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scar. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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