as in defects
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the scars left by carelessly scratching the car door with one's keys
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as in cliffs
a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice
at the next bend in the river, a scar of red sandstone steeply rises to over 100 feet
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Recent Examples of scars
Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
The feeling those two summoned in back-to-back Bulls losses were a product of battle scars accrued through years of learning to seize games.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by author Amélie Nothomb, the film begins with the birth of the main character, a young Belgian girl whose father works as a diplomat in ’60s Japan, while the nation still had several scars from World War II.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
After all the tariffs, boycotts, and bruised egos, both countries have been left to reckon with lasting economic scars and shifting allegiances.
—Dave Gordon, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
According to Ortiz, the Fionna and Cake series creators consulted with them on how to best represent Hunter's identity — which is how the character ended up with visible top surgery scars.
—James Factora, Them., 7 Nov. 2025
The fire had engulfed McCarty, scorching 73% of his body, leaving him with scars that would last an entire lifetime to come.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Writing her memoir meant reliving childhood trauma and emotional scars left by a coach early in her life.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Sebastian has a long road to recovery ahead of him, including more surgeries, rehabilitation and laser treatments to help mitigate the burn scars.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
The scars of that era run deep.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 12 Nov. 2025
The feeling those two summoned in back-to-back Bulls losses were a product of battle scars accrued through years of learning to seize games.
—Joel Lorenzi, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
Based on a semi-autobiographical novel by author Amélie Nothomb, the film begins with the birth of the main character, a young Belgian girl whose father works as a diplomat in ’60s Japan, while the nation still had several scars from World War II.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 7 Nov. 2025
After all the tariffs, boycotts, and bruised egos, both countries have been left to reckon with lasting economic scars and shifting allegiances.
—Dave Gordon, The Washington Examiner, 7 Nov. 2025
According to Ortiz, the Fionna and Cake series creators consulted with them on how to best represent Hunter's identity — which is how the character ended up with visible top surgery scars.
—James Factora, Them., 7 Nov. 2025
The fire had engulfed McCarty, scorching 73% of his body, leaving him with scars that would last an entire lifetime to come.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Writing her memoir meant reliving childhood trauma and emotional scars left by a coach early in her life.
—Essence, 6 Nov. 2025
Sebastian has a long road to recovery ahead of him, including more surgeries, rehabilitation and laser treatments to help mitigate the burn scars.
—Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scars
Verb
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What once killed campaigns now barely wounds them.—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Even with all of them in place, Shirley misses the masked attacker sneaking his way up to the apartment door, and Lamb’s attempt to blind him with bleach creates a chaotic struggle that wounds the assailant without containing him.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Whatever pulls them together may also be the thing that tears them apart.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
30 Oct. 2025
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First released in 2020 on South Africa’s M-Net, a division of MultiChoice, and now a Canal Plus company, the thriller about how a family tears itself apart in a succession battle built a huge fandom in South Africa and fame abroad.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Heupel spreads out his receivers in an attempt to spread out the defense, then gashes them with the run.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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The pictures show scars and gashes around the dog's snout.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Aug. 2025
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“Scars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scars. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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