as in defect
something that spoils the appearance or completeness of a thing
the scars left by carelessly scratching the car door with one's keys
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as in to bruise
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Recent Examples of scar
Laura Schober, Health, 22 May 2025
So, anyone with deeper skin tones or pigmentation prone (be it melasma, post-acne scarring, or sun spots) should consider working in a tinted sunscreen instead.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 27 June 2025
Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 12 July 2025
Mehretu’s abstract mark-making evokes many things at once: trees, jewels, veins, weapons, scars, the shapes that the wind weaves on water, the tiniest parts of the universe of which we are made and which connect us all.
—Laura Van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Noun
Additionally, if your skin develops acne complications, such as scarring or dark spots (also called post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation) after the acne clears, visit a dermatologist.
—Laura Schober, Health, 22 May 2025
So, anyone with deeper skin tones or pigmentation prone (be it melasma, post-acne scarring, or sun spots) should consider working in a tinted sunscreen instead.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 27 June 2025
Verb
Local burn scars, especially in Ruidoso, will be extremely vulnerable to additional flash flooding.
—Mirna Alsharif, NBC news, 12 July 2025
Mehretu’s abstract mark-making evokes many things at once: trees, jewels, veins, weapons, scars, the shapes that the wind weaves on water, the tiniest parts of the universe of which we are made and which connect us all.
—Laura Van Straaten, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for scar
Verb
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Handle the cherries gently and use multiple harvesting containers to avoid piling the fruit so high that their skins get bruised.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 July 2025
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Buxton bruised, not broken As expected, Byron Buxton was out of the lineup for Thursday’s 8-1 loss to the Chicago Cubs after a 97.7 mph fastball hit his hand Wednesday.—
Aaron Gleeman,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Thankfully, unlike last year, no one's been bloodied this time around.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 July 2025
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On the day she was born in 2009, her mother allegedly drowned her inside their Union City apartment, then left her body in a dumpster, stuck to a Costco receipt, bloodied pantyhose and random trash, for a man searching for recyclables to find.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
2 July 2025
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Israel launched new airstrikes on Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding dozens of others.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
22 July 2025
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The attack killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 July 2025
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Curt Stanley was directing airplanes and helicopters as the North Rim's Grand Canyon Lodge was engulfed in flames and destroyed by the Dragon Bravo Fire that tore through the national park on the night of July 12.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
15 July 2025
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And yes it was torn in that dancing video, my surgery was scheduled for a later date.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 July 2025
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Another alleged he was ordered to keep working after a load of fish landed on him, gashing his leg to the bone and overflowing his boot with blood.—
Alex Riggins,
The Mercury News,
13 Mar. 2025
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That’s when Brandon Nimmo woke up to head for the hotel bathroom in the middle of the night, somehow fainted, gashed his forehead and wound up arriving at the park later with a bandage on his head and a hospital bracelet around his hand.—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
27 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Two weeks later, federal agents blew out the front door of the home of a U.S. citizen who had accidentally crashed into a government vehicle.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 July 2025
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The torrent of water blew out the walls of at least one cabin and forced counselors to move children into the rafters above their bunk beds.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
10 July 2025
Verb
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McQuarrie peppers snippets of the earlier films throughout, resurfacing not just moments of high-octane action but also lacerating losses.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
14 May 2025
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This is another trait of Mr. McNally’s: lacerating self-analysis, paired with knowing humor.—
Sarah Lyall,
New York Times,
2 May 2025
Verb
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What to know about bison Multiple people have been injured by bison, including one other person who was gored by the animal in 2025.—
Helena Wegner,
Idaho Statesman,
10 June 2025
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The most recent fatality was in 2009, when a 27-year-old from near Madrid slipped and was gored by the left horn of a rogue bull named Capuchino.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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“Scar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scar. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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