as in attacked
to criticize harshly and usually publicly
newspaper cartoonists scathed the lecherous governor with a series of cruel caricatures
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scathed
Verb
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Late Saturday and early Sunday, Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid in an aim to degrade Ukrainian energy infrastructure ahead of winter.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
12 Oct. 2025 -
In August 2023, he was attacked by three fellow inmates, sustaining neck injuries that required medical treatment.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
12 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In 2025, kids put their cards into clear resin or plastic containers to preserve and protect them from scratches or damaged corners.—
Mark Billingsley,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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The museum was heavily damaged following a bombing that occurred on May 14, 1943.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The View cohosts slammed the ongoing government shutdown.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Oct. 2025
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Posting on social media, people slammed the Democrat for attending a family friend's wedding abroad on October 9, just two days before a state of emergency was declared on October 11 due to the floods.—
Kate Plummer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fanning’s tensed, squirrelly performance comes to life in these spots, with Polly’s waning trust and fear of betrayal cluing into a wounded self-loathing that becomes the film’s best lasting impression.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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In other words, a wounded edge unit might spell trouble for Macdonald’s defense, as was the case on Sunday.—
Michael-Shawn Dugar,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rachel Dratch scolded Jimmy Fallon and Horatio Sanz for laughing while rehearsing the original Debbie Downer sketch on Saturday Night Live.—
Wesley Stenzel,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Oct. 2025
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There, she is repeatedly scolded, first by a testy parking attendant (Mark Stolzenberg), and then by a doctor (Bronstein), who warns Linda of consequences if her daughter doesn’t soon reach her target weight of fifty pounds.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Backup cornerback Charles Woods joined Landry on the sideline, downgraded to non-participation because of a hurt knee.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
16 Oct. 2025
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With a hurt offensive line, the team may need to start figuring out what to do regarding the issues with the passing game.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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On Thursday, the Detroit Pistons shared bad news about Jaden Ivey who will miss a month after having a procedure on his injured right knee.—
Leah Olajide,
Freep.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Kemp was brought in as a replacement for an injured Harper this season and found some opportunities in various roles from that point on.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Scathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scathed. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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