SCARRING Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

scarring

verb

Definition of scarring

present participle of scar

as in bruising

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Let’s commit to pausing tearing each other down before ripping up and rewriting our stories and objects.

— Tara Sonenshine, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2026
Both the military and the general public read it voraciously, desperate to understand the war tearing their young utopia apart.

— Madeleine Wulfahrt, New Yorker, 8 July 2026

Definition of tearing

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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
That biography took the form of a dark romance between the self-lacerating Louis and his fiercely loving but brutal maker, Lestat, filtered through the former’s brooding subjectivity.

— Judy Berman, Time, 2 June 2026

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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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In Brooklyn, New York’s Coney Island neighborhood, a man in a black ski mask opened fire on a family barbecue late Saturday night, wounding at least eight people, including four children.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 5 July 2026
Nandito Badea, 21, and George Stana, 25, were found guilty by a jury last month of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 July 2026

Definition of wounding

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