scathes 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of scathe

scathes

2 of 2

noun

plural of scathe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for scathes
Verb
  • Petro attacks Trump while protecting narcos and engaging in the drug business.
    Hollie Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Oct. 2025
  • With Pervis Estupinan or Davide Bartesaghi holding width on the left and No 9 Santiago Gimenez dragging defenders away, Pulisic attacks the gap between centre-back and full-back, arriving in stride rather than starting wide.
    Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This can increase the risk of burns or further injury.
    RikkiLynn Shields Hannigan, Health, 25 Oct. 2025
  • All three sustained third-degree burns from the blaze.
    Abigail Adams, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Smith said that the initial goal is to get the tool up and running and then focus on expanding the work by not only looking at events that cost over $1 billion in damages but also smaller and medium-sized events.
    Ignacio Calderon, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The Billion-Dollar Database tracks the financial costs of property and other infrastructure destroyed by extreme weather disasters in the United States, focusing on events that caused $1 billion or more in damages.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Comedian Bill Maher suggests New York City Mayoral Candidate Zohran Mamdani should renounce his Ugandan dual citizenship over the country’s record on LGBTQ+ rights, and slams the democratic candidate for his recent meeting with a New York Imam, also criticized for his stance on gay rights.
    The Hill, The Hill, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Once the truck begins driving straight, the beige SUV speeds up and slams into the truck’s back-left side.
    Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The scars are beautiful and almost aerodynamic.
    Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Scars, Sacrifice, and the Strength to Choose Despite the magic, dragons, and portals, this book is ultimately about people—people trying to do better, people failing and rising again, people who carry scars—inside and out—and still choose to build instead of destroy.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Governance scolds are appalled by the number, as is the pope.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Woke scolds and anti-woke dolts alike objected to the image of Carpenter kneeling in front of a man who appears to be using her hair as a leash.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • For children, the concern is particularly great because their smaller bodies and metabolisms put them at a greater vulnerability for harms caused by exposure, according to the FDA.
    Madeline Holcombe, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2025
  • OpenAI’s launch of its pioneering ChatGPT sparked a global AI craze that has drawn hundreds of billions of dollars in investments into Silicon Valley technology companies, and raised alarms that the technology will lead to harms ranging from rampant unemployment to terrorism.
    Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Anyone who abuses a position of power and jeopardizes our national security will be held accountable.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Bowles abuses those pass-blocking rules by stunting the three-technique, Logan Hall (90), across the left guard's face, knowing the guard will follow him.
    Derrik Klassen, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
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“Scathes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scathes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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