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adjective

as in damaged

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verb

past tense of scathe
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 scathed
Verb
At Fendi’s spring-summer 1993 show, Banks sported a blunt cut blonde wig which scathed her black brows. — Essence, 4 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scathed
  1. damaged
  2. attacked
  3. wounded
  4. slammed
  5. hurt
  6. scolded
  7. injured
Adjective
  • Analysts said the move was aimed at forcing companies to pay for their own security and bring damaged assets back into service, despite the cost.
    — Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Clean water is hard to come by, as the floods contaminated water systems and damaged infrastructure.
    — Jonathan Lambert, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • On her second set point chance, Sabalenka attacked hard down the middle.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Fresh off a recent campaign visit to Michigan, Vance above all aimed at Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Michigan, who the vice president has attacked aggressively for invoking his wife, Usha Vance, on the campaign trail.
    — Joey Garrison, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of attacked
Adjective
  • The charity works mostly with wounded and unwanted former racehorses who are retrained using the gentle Western-style riding methods Hutchison learned in North Carolina.
    — Danielle Rossingh, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Prosecutors said the wounded officer’s bullet-proof vest and a flashlight worn on his vest protected him from serious injuries.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • Police say five people have died and 40 others were injured after a Dutch tour bus slammed into a roadside crash barrier and overturned in eastern Switzerland.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Before that day, Americans could not really conceive of an attack like this one — passenger planes slammed into high-rise buildings, the Pentagon, a Pennsylvania field in the deadliest act of coordinated violence this nation has ever seen.
    — Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of slammed
Adjective
  • Rivera, baseball’s career leader in saves, underwent surgery after getting hurt playing center field last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
  • New York Yankees / Getty Images Rivera, baseball's career leader in saves, underwent surgery after getting hurt playing center field last year.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • In fact, during testing, the handheld triggered nostalgic memories of playing Final Fantasy Legend and Mario Land 2 on long car rides to my grandparents' house, but without the eye strain and being scolded for playing in the dark as the sun set.
    — Will Greenwald, PC Magazine, 22 Aug. 2026
  • For over a year, the White House has scolded and threatened the Smithsonian.
    — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of scolded
Adjective
  • Caregivers save the day for those who are sick, injured or unable to take care of themselves.
    — William Lambers, Hartford Courant, 7 Sep. 2026
  • In total, 10 Ukrainian civilians have been killed over the past 24 hours, and a further 65 injured.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of injured

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“Scathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scathed. Accessed 13 Sep. 2026.

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