scarring

Definition of scarringnext
present participle of scar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarring
Verb
  • LeVota announced Wednesday that Jackson County will establish a task force to begin the process of deciding what to do with the current sports complex, which could involve tearing one or both stadiums down to build something entirely new.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Even momfluencers who adhere to pristine ideals of motherhood have people tearing them apart for the littlest things.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Police say the semi truck driver went through a median wall, severely damaging it.
    DeJanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Photos on local media and social networks showed fallen trees in Zagreb, pulled out by their roots, some blocking streets or damaging parked cars.
    ABC News, ABC News, 27 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
  • 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
  • Boxing scenes in movies, other than in a handful of classics, tend to start to look all the same, a mishmash of beads of sweat and blood and jowels distended, all fists flying and battering as two men catapult and careen across the ring.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • During a Fourth of July protest outside an Alvarado detention center, at which demonstrators were setting off fireworks, an assailant fired a gun, wounding a police officer.
    Oriana van Praag, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
  • Give forgiveness room by admitting your limits before pushing past them and wounding your soul.
    Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 25 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Stagflation fears are also hurting economic prospects.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The war is also crippling supplies of helium and fertilizer, hurting chipmakers and farmers alike.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2026
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“Scarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarring. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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