scarred

verb

Definition of scarrednext
past tense of scar
as in bruised

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarred
  1. bloodied
  2. battered
  3. damaged
  4. lacerated
  5. wounded
  6. injured
  7. harmed
  8. hurt
Verb
  • In the TikTok livestream, which has since been taken down, Hilton appears to be bloodied and in a distressed mental state.
    — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • After the game, Tillman showed up at the press area without shoes on, his sock bloodied where a defender’s cleat had pierced his boot.
    — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 2 July 2026
Definition of bloodied
Verb
  • There were delays, including some caused by three hurricanes — the Charley, Frances and Jeanne era — that battered the area.
    — Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Both came alive right along the Gulf Coast and were battered by wind shear every step of the way, which prevented them from strengthening significantly and limited their impacts overall.
    — Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of battered
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  • Fayed al-Noman, the information ministry's assistant undersecretary, said the attack severely damaged port buildings and piers as well as commercial goods and food supplies.
    — Duarte Dias, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The fires, which have burned over the last week, have damaged or destroyed about 920 structures.
    — Jamie Stengle, Chicago Tribune, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Jen Macdonel, Claire Macdonel's mother, told Fox News Digital that the barracuda attack lacerated four of her daughter's tendons, in addition to a nerve and a ligament.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
  • They are lacerated by propellers.
    — Jessica Camille Aguirre, New Yorker, 2 May 2026
Definition of lacerated
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  • Russia’s Bashkortostan governor, Radiy Khabirov, said only that a drone attack wounded two civilians and started a fire in an industrial zone of Salavat.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The cousin ordered food, stepped away to go to the bathroom, then returned to see Arboleda wounded on the street, the feds allege.
    — John Annese, New York Daily News, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • Authorities are searching for the driver of a van who struck a man in a wheelchair in Dania Beach and fled the scene, leaving the victim injured and his wheelchair damaged.
    — Abby Dodge, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Ten people were injured, including seven crew members, ​two Coast Guard personnel and one NRF member, according to the Coast Guard.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of injured
Verb
  • To illustrate how easily insect habitats can be harmed, Garrison gave the example of water trickling down a hill into a wetland.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 9 Aug. 2026
  • The lawsuit was filed in December 2023 by Torrez, who alleged Meta's platforms harmed children and violated state law.
    — Jason Volack, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of harmed
Verb
  • Two people, including a 13-year-old boy, were seriously hurt following a small plane crash on Wednesday in West Michigan, according to Michigan State Police.
    — DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Kirk made a point to fill his mis en scene with anachronistic technology items like old tape recorders and pay phones — and having access to all of Green Day’s music certainly didn’t hurt.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurt
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