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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In what was billed as the biggest game in the history of this border feud, Indiana attacked from the first quarter and the Illini failed to respond.—
Scott Dochterman,
New York Times,
21 Sep. 2025 -
The choice to shine a light on journalism, particularly of the local variety, is especially poignant during a moment when the Fourth Estate is being diminished by macroeconomic forces and even attacked by political ones.—
Emily Zemler,
Rolling Stone,
21 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Know how to avoid injury from debris, contaminated water, carbon monoxide poisoning, electrocution, and damaged buildings and infrastructure.—
Staff reports,
AZCentral.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Instead of leaving damaged fruits and vegetables, such as apples or tomatoes, on the plant, harvest them and toss them in the compost pile.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In 2022, its Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) slammed a spacecraft into the moonlet Dimorphos, successfully shifting its orbit around its parent asteroid, Didymos.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Vincuillo grabbed his girlfriend, slammed her into a wall in the living room, and punched her before throwing her into a bathroom, police said.—
Helena Wegner,
Sacbee.com,
24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Kyiv and Moscow are locked in a deadly technology race, constantly competing to counter the other side’s latest developments, and things change so fast that an wounded fighter returning to the front after just a few months away can no longer recognize his unit’s tactics.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The latter has been taken by some as a dig at the Duke of Sussex, whose Invictus Foundation has focused specifically on wounded veterans.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Chun also scolded attorneys for Amazon in July for withholding thousands of documents from the FTC and abusing a legal privilege to shield them from scrutiny.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
23 Sep. 2025
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The heartwarming video, shared on Saturday by @inboxunknown15, shows the pup sitting head down, facing the wall, looking sad and ashamed after being scolded by his owner’s girlfriend.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rose would cry, somehow even more hurt than me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The injured man was brought by a private vehicle and died of his injuries.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
26 Sep. 2025
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Additional agents, including a Border Patrol emergency medical technician, arrived on scene to assist with the rescue operation and stabilize the injured man, authorities said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Scathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scathed. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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