SCARRING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

scarring

verb

Definition of scarring

present participle of scar

as in bruising

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The technique works best on blooms with soft petals that are large enough to gently manipulate without tearing or bruising.

— Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
This is not about tearing everything down for the thrill of it.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026

Definition of tearing

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Rodriguez pleaded guilty to damaging property occupied by a foreign government, explosive materials—malicious damage to federal property, and receipt or possession of an unregistered firearm.

— David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Conventional launch vehicles secure their payloads inside protective fairings that fall away from the rocket completely once damaging aerodynamic forces disappear in the vacuum of space.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 July 2026

Definition of damaging

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Two generations of viewers have now grown up consuming The Daily Show’s lacerating take on politics.

— Chris Smith, Vanity Fair, 13 July 2026
In the last year, Huston has broken his eye socket — twice — and his jaw, as well as lacerating his kidney, per posts on his social media.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 28 June 2026

Definition of lacerating

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But there were only waves battering against the rocks, and no sign of the house.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 July 2026
Vanity Fair reported that he was sentenced to 60 days in jail after being convicted of misdemeanor battery against a girlfriend, and was later charged with battering his third wife, Joanna Ferrell.

— Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 28 June 2026

Definition of battering

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Moscow seeks to capitalize on this shortage with ballistic missile strikes in early July killing dozens of Ukrainian civilians including children, and wounding hundreds more.

— Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026
In neighboring Iraq, a base of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, an Iranian Kurdish dissident group, near Irbil was struck by a drone early Sunday, wounding eight of its members, according to Rebaz Sharifi, a military official with the group.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 19 July 2026

Definition of wounding

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This unwanted chemical warfare degrades the materials from the inside out, severely hurting performance and shortening the battery’s lifespan.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 17 July 2026
On Tuesday, KeyBanc downgraded Apple to a sell on concerns about price hikes hurting demand.

— Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 15 July 2026

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