scarred

Definition of scarrednext
past tense of scar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarred
Verb
  • The play was widely denounced after Greig bloodied a defenseless Walker with an uppercut to the face while Walker was held in a headlock by another Senators player.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2026
  • In six weeks, Iran was bloodied and battered into submission.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The weekend events are designed to showcase the street's new makeover and draw customers back to businesses that were battered by years of construction, steering away clientele.
    Larry Seward, CBS News, 2 May 2026
  • Believing sanctions relief was not a realistic outcome after the agreement’s failure, Iran – though battered by losing access to the global financial system – has found increasingly creative workarounds.
    Charmaine N. Willis, The Conversation, 30 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • But the war has damaged that argument.
    Sudarsan Raghavan, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Oil infrastructure in the Middle East has been damaged or disrupted in the Iran war.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
Verb
  • Kareem Ruddock, 35, was identified by police as the knifeman who stabbed Rene Flores, 31, to death and wounded a 34-year-old man in the pre-dawn assault.
    Colin Mixson, New York Daily News, 2 May 2026
  • The moment might signal that Athena is wounded, but alive — if barely.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • In the past few years, Russia, at an enormous cost to its own forces, made steady advances on the battlefield (most estimates suggest more than a million Russian soldiers have been killed or injured since the start of the conflict).
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 8 May 2026
  • According to the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, Semrade fled the station immediately after the attack, leaving Ozsoy critically injured on the platform.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Further, the report said the operation harmed Chicago’s civic life, businesses and public trust in law enforcement.
    Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2026
  • Children were on board the bus at the time, but none were harmed.
    Riley Rourke, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in a series of scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided relentless political ammunition to his rivals.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 Apr. 2026
  • When Yoon was in office, Kim was embroiled in scandals that hurt her husband’s approval rating and provided political ammunition to his rivals.
    Hyung-Jin Kim, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Scarred.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarred. Accessed 8 May. 2026.

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