Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarring
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Johnn Baptista, who lives in the area, shared footage with the Miami Herald that showed the storm tearing his awning off the ground and tossing a children’s play set and other items across his yard.—
Sofia Saric,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026 -
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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An asteroid the size of a house exploded over the city of Chelyabinsk with the force of 440,000 tons of TNT, damaging buildings and injuring more than 1,600 people, according to NASA.—
N'dea Yancey-Bragg,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran said that an airstrike hit near its Bushehr nuclear facility, killing a security guard and damaging a support building.—
Sam Mednick,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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The songs are at times over-the-top, at others lacerating in their introspection about everything from the anxiety of aging to the anguished choice to terminate a pregnancy.—
Adam Bradley Luis Alberto Rodriguez Carlos Nazario,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Coastal cities are dealing with more erosion from sea-level rise due to climate change, Griggs added, and the battering from bigger storms is another impact.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
8 Apr. 2026
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The phony cops bound the two museum guards on duty and then moved leisurely through the museum, battering and slashing some of the world’s most recognizable art from walls and frames.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
22 Mar. 2026
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Russia and Ukraine exchanged deadly strikes overnight, killing 10 people and wounding dozens in intense drone warfare.—
Volodymyr Yurchuk,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Apr. 2026
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State and local authorities are frantically searching for a suspect armed with a long gun who allegedly opened fire at family members and responding law enforcement in New Hampshire on Saturday, wounding a police officer and triggering a massive manhunt.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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Defense attorney Mary Chartier argued that there was reasonable doubt in the case, saying Dale Warner denied hurting his wife and cooperated with investigators during the search.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
5 Apr. 2026
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That means eliminating Iran's Navy, which is now absolutely destroyed, hurting their Air Force and their missile program at levels never seen before, and annihilating their defense industrial base.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Scarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarring. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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