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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
  • Moscow can keep paying for the war by forcing businesses to absorb the cost of drone attacks rather than spending on better drone defenses or compensating damaged firms.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 31 July 2026
  • Investigators found damaged trees along Rock Branch Road, before the tornado crossed Highway 212 and snapped or uprooted numerous trees along the southward slope of Shelton Laurel Creek and toward Cutshall Town Road.
    — Joe Marusak July 31, Charlotte Observer, 31 July 2026
Definition of damaged
Verb
  • In a handwritten statement included in the application, Grayson appeared to show little remorse for his actions and maintained that Massey attacked him with the pot of hot water.
    — Ava Kelley, NBC news, 31 July 2026
  • Ignorance is off the table and so is naivete, which leaves only motive — and so motive is what gets attacked.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of attacked
Adjective
  • Giuliano’s dreamlike search across a wounded landscape explores the wonder and special experience of childhood, a time in life that provides a possibility of resistance against the violence of the adult world.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 29 July 2026
  • The two wounded men went to Bronx Healthcare System by private means and were in stable condition.
    — Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 26 July 2026
Definition of wounded
Verb
  • After one such strikeout Riley slammed his batting helmet to the ground, threw his bat aside and dropped his batting gloves in disgust.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
  • Other Republican gubernatorial hopefuls have slammed Fauci in a similar way.
    — Gray Rohrer, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
Definition of slammed
Adjective
  • They’re all better served by the heartfelt and humorous beats, rather than the heartfelt and hurt ones.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 July 2026
  • Many of the hurt kids were at home when tear gas drifted in from streets where federal agents had deployed the chemical agent against crowds of protesters.
    — Lisa Song, ProPublica, 27 May 2026
Definition of hurt
Verb
  • Kirson remembered, adding that, minutes later, the show’s production team scolded her.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 22 July 2026
  • In February, a California judge reportedly scolded Meta’s own lawyers for wearing the smart glasses in court.
    — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
Definition of scolded
Adjective
  • That was only the start of their total cost to get the injured woman back to the United States for further treatment.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 21 July 2026
  • The Red Sox have surged without their injured ace, Garrett Crochet, who last pitched on April 25, the day Breslow fired manager Alex Cora and five coaches in a panic move, power play or, perhaps, a prescient vision of what a change could mean.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Definition of injured

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