scarring

Definition of scarringnext
present participle of scar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarring
Verb
  • Matthew McConaughey stars as a bus driver already stressed out by a tough situation at home when a wildfire starts tearing through towns.
    Brian Truitt, USA Today, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Alessandro della Valle/Keystone via AP Images from the scene on Swiss media showed flames tearing through the bus.
    CBS News, CBS News, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The attack hit four districts, damaging residential buildings, educational institutions, enterprises and critical infrastructure, the head of the regional administration, Mykola Kalashnyk, wrote in a social media post.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 15 Mar. 2026
  • However, cultivators can't get rid of weeds close to plants without damaging the vegetables.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • Israel, meanwhile, appears content to keep battering the Islamic Republic, whatever the downstream consequences, while also mustering a new offensive into southern Lebanon against Hezbollah.
    Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Two employees of a Des Plaines, Illinois daycare center stood charged Tuesday with battering children.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 24 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Kelly’s debut romps with the animal, real and imagined, exploring love and wounding through the animal-nature of our feelings, the precarious past and present of our human lives.
    Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Another strike hit the eastern city of Baalbek, killing six people and wounding 15, according to state media.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Not only that, but Trump remains committed to hurting them and continuing to harm our global interests and relationships by issuing new across-the-board tariffs of 15%.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The Iran war is driving energy prices up and hurting economies worldwide.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 6 Mar. 2026
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“Scarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarring. Accessed 15 Mar. 2026.

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