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
Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
The twist, so to speak, in Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s feature debut, is that the child in question is a Belgian girl growing up in rural Japan in the 1960s — a place filled with countless natural wonders, but also marked by the scars of a major war that haven’t quite healed.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Lower elevations in California were inundated with heavy rain, which posed a significant threat of mudslides and debris flows near recent wildfire burn scars.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Its naked carbon-fiber body bears the scuffs and scars of life as a development hack, but its steroidal wheelarches, extendable rear spoiler, and brutal diffuser deliver an emphatic statement of intent.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
There were concerns about the burn scars from the Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out in January amid 100-mph winds and destroyed entire communities in one of the worst wildfire disasters in Los Angeles history.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent burn scars, areas scorched by wildfires, were at especially high risk.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Shapiro gave an emotional public statement Tuesday alongside his wife, state First Lady Lori Shapiro, explaining that the attack has left lasting scars on his family.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Others carried scars and marks on their forearms from dialysis treatments for kidney disease, which can result from cumulative damage to fragile blood vessels in the kidney from living with elevated blood glucose levels.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
The twist, so to speak, in Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s feature debut, is that the child in question is a Belgian girl growing up in rural Japan in the 1960s — a place filled with countless natural wonders, but also marked by the scars of a major war that haven’t quite healed.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Lower elevations in California were inundated with heavy rain, which posed a significant threat of mudslides and debris flows near recent wildfire burn scars.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Its naked carbon-fiber body bears the scuffs and scars of life as a development hack, but its steroidal wheelarches, extendable rear spoiler, and brutal diffuser deliver an emphatic statement of intent.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
There were concerns about the burn scars from the Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out in January amid 100-mph winds and destroyed entire communities in one of the worst wildfire disasters in Los Angeles history.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent burn scars, areas scorched by wildfires, were at especially high risk.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Shapiro gave an emotional public statement Tuesday alongside his wife, state First Lady Lori Shapiro, explaining that the attack has left lasting scars on his family.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Others carried scars and marks on their forearms from dialysis treatments for kidney disease, which can result from cumulative damage to fragile blood vessels in the kidney from living with elevated blood glucose levels.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
The scars are beautiful and almost aerodynamic.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
The twist, so to speak, in Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s feature debut, is that the child in question is a Belgian girl growing up in rural Japan in the 1960s — a place filled with countless natural wonders, but also marked by the scars of a major war that haven’t quite healed.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Lower elevations in California were inundated with heavy rain, which posed a significant threat of mudslides and debris flows near recent wildfire burn scars.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Its naked carbon-fiber body bears the scuffs and scars of life as a development hack, but its steroidal wheelarches, extendable rear spoiler, and brutal diffuser deliver an emphatic statement of intent.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
There were concerns about the burn scars from the Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out in January amid 100-mph winds and destroyed entire communities in one of the worst wildfire disasters in Los Angeles history.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent burn scars, areas scorched by wildfires, were at especially high risk.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Shapiro gave an emotional public statement Tuesday alongside his wife, state First Lady Lori Shapiro, explaining that the attack has left lasting scars on his family.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Others carried scars and marks on their forearms from dialysis treatments for kidney disease, which can result from cumulative damage to fragile blood vessels in the kidney from living with elevated blood glucose levels.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Verb
The scars are beautiful and almost aerodynamic.
—Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Oct. 2025
The twist, so to speak, in Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han’s feature debut, is that the child in question is a Belgian girl growing up in rural Japan in the 1960s — a place filled with countless natural wonders, but also marked by the scars of a major war that haven’t quite healed.
—Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2025
Lower elevations in California were inundated with heavy rain, which posed a significant threat of mudslides and debris flows near recent wildfire burn scars.
—Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Oct. 2025
Its naked carbon-fiber body bears the scuffs and scars of life as a development hack, but its steroidal wheelarches, extendable rear spoiler, and brutal diffuser deliver an emphatic statement of intent.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 15 Oct. 2025
There were concerns about the burn scars from the Palisades and Eaton fires, which broke out in January amid 100-mph winds and destroyed entire communities in one of the worst wildfire disasters in Los Angeles history.
—Phil Helsel, NBC news, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent burn scars, areas scorched by wildfires, were at especially high risk.
—Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Shapiro gave an emotional public statement Tuesday alongside his wife, state First Lady Lori Shapiro, explaining that the attack has left lasting scars on his family.
—Elizabeth Wolfe, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
Others carried scars and marks on their forearms from dialysis treatments for kidney disease, which can result from cumulative damage to fragile blood vessels in the kidney from living with elevated blood glucose levels.
—Carrie Arnold, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scars
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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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Set against Mumbai’s relentless pulse, their delicate connection faces tests as personal histories, desires, and wounds resurface.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
2 Sep. 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
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The Achilles tears that the Boston Celtics' Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton of the Indiana Pacers suffered during the 2025 playoffs have made the race for the conference wide open this coming season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Sep. 2025
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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 23 Oct. 2025.
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