scarring

verb

Definition of scarringnext
present participle of scar
as in bruising

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scarring
  1. tearing
  2. damaging
  3. lacerating
  4. battering
  5. wounding
  6. hurting
Verb
  • If the phone appears to be sitting somewhere nearby, playing a sound can save you from tearing the house apart.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Yeah, popping up in someone’s conscience and tearing them off a strip or whatever.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of tearing
Verb
  • David Hearn, the former Olympics canoeist accused of damaging Washington's Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool before prosecutors dropped the case, cannot be recharged, a judge has ruled.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Meanwhile, on the charging case, iFixit struggled to access its components without damaging the external plastic.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 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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  • That’s because there has been so much flooding, erosion, and battering by extreme winds, and an increasing number of severe and destructive storms.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 28 Sep. 2026
  • In addition to coastal and tidal flooding, coastal erosion will also be a concern due to the long duration of rough surf battering the beaches.
    — Bill Kelly, CBS News, 26 Sep. 2026
Definition of battering
Verb
  • In January 2002, Wafa Idris died in Jerusalem while killing one man and wounding about 50 people.
    — Sara Harmouch, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Shots were fired into multiple houses, killing Flax and wounding an adult, Charlotte-Mecklenburg police say.
    — Mark Price, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of wounding
Verb
  • Higher rates may slow loan growth for banks, hurting their bottom lines.
    — Fred Imbert, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Windows had been boarded up to avoid glass shards hurting anyone in case of an explosion.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of hurting
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“Scarring.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scarring. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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