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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
  • The drones set off fires and damaged buildings in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine overnight, authorities said.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Finally, don’t use disinfecting wipes on raw wood or furniture with an uneven or damaged finish.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Friday that Ukraine attacked four Russian oil refineries overnight, but air defenses fended off the attacks.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Trust took another nosedive when OpenAI’s agents attacked Hugging Face this summer and, in a world-first, a rogue model hacked the Australian Government’s website.
    — Yerbol Orynbayev, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of attacked
Adjective
  • Doctors Without Borders, better known by its French acronym MSF, on Monday said that there had been a surge in the number of wounded receiving treatment in the north.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Doctors Without Borders said more than 60 wounded people had been admitted to Al-Gamhouria hospital in a week.
    — Fatma Khaled, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • Mahomes was slammed on his back and Robinson’s 265 pounds landed on top of him.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
  • But others have slammed the effort as a pretentious and obnoxious slog.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of slammed
Adjective
  • The emotional effects were immediate—hurt, confusion, lowered self-esteem.
    — George Loewenstein, Vogue, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Rivera, baseball’s career leader in saves, underwent surgery after getting hurt playing center field last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • Eventually, all charges were dropped days before trial after Perry was finally given the full, unredacted grand jury transcripts and scolded prosecutors for violating the inherent trust placed in the office.
    — Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • In 2024, a judge scolded both sides for excessive litigation and ruled for the trust to be dissolved and for the house to be sold.
    — Hayley Cuccinello, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of scolded
Adjective
  • The Carolina Panthers running back, who has only played in five of a possible 36 NFL games since being drafted in 2024 due to serious and various injuries, is headed back to injured reserve, the team announced Wednesday.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2026
  • In those demos, the Viceroy was used as a part of a beach extraction simulation, removing an injured person from the shore as well as an open water life raft rescue.
    — Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 23 Sep. 2026
Definition of injured

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“Scathed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scathed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2026.

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