scarring

Definition of scarringnext
present participle of scar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarring
Verb
  • Katie Lou Samuelson, Collier’s UConn classmate, missed the 2025 season after tearing her ACL during training camp with the Seattle Storm.
    Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 11 May 2026
  • One of the state’s most infamous tornadoes, this massive F4 touched down near Holliday before tearing into Wichita Falls.
    Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 11 May 2026
Verb
  • Here's how to clean a touchscreen without damaging it.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
  • Be sure your mower has a chute blocker and point the chute towards your own property, not the neighbor’s, to avoid making a mess or damaging their cars.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 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
  • Wright’s approach to the saxophone is often cubist in nature, reducing the music to isolated phrases and sounds and then battering them from every conceivable angle.
    Levi Dayan, Pitchfork, 11 May 2026
  • After all, the two Republicans have spent more than $80 million battering each other on the airwaves.
    Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Ukraine launched one of its largest drone barrages of the war, killing at least three people near Moscow and another in Belgorod and wounding a dozen more, officials said.
    Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 17 May 2026
  • The incident took place last June when officers fired at a vehicle, wounding suspect Eric Chase in the knee.
    Joan Murray, CBS News, 14 May 2026
Verb
  • So, this clip hurting Republicans in the midterms?
    ABC News, ABC News, 17 May 2026
  • So, closed primaries, coupled with gerrymandering, your previous question, are really, really hurting our country.
    CBS News, CBS News, 17 May 2026
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“Scarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarring. Accessed 18 May. 2026.

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