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scarp

noun

ˈskärp

Definition of scarp

as in cliff

a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice years of violent ocean storms had heavily eroded the beach, creating a scarp along one end of it

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Recent Examples of scarp The team used high-resolution topographic data from satellites, aircraft and drones to detect fault scarps, narrow ridges formed when the ground shifts during an earthquake, that were previously hidden under dense forest and glacial deposits. — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Surrounding that is the environmental protective garment (EPG), the heavy, visible, outer covering of the suit that protects the astronauts from cuts and punctures on a lunar terrain that bristles with jagged rocks and scarps. — Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024 The Racehorse Creek area is home to 50-million-year-old leaf fossils, and ancient landslide, and a modern landslide that created a 90-foot scarp in 2009, the state Department of National Resources says in a primer on the area. — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2024

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It's had a number of redesigns, but what distinguished it then, and still does now, is its cliff-perch above the Adriatic, its classic Mediterranean gardens, and its views of Old Town Dubrovnik and Lokrum Island.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
The researchers argue that the enormous cliff system triggered prolonged erosion that stripped away vast amounts of rock and helped expose some of North America’s oldest geological formations.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026

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The researchers say the ancient escarpment may have influenced river systems, sediment transport and the flooding of continental interiors long before the rapid diversification of complex life during the Cambrian explosion.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 21 Aug. 2026
Built around a towering sandstone escarpment that rises through the centre of the property, surrounded by a deliciously cold pool, the architecture was conceived in careful negotiation with the landscape.

— Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026

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