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
Tim Botos, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
My Altadena friends survived but with invisible, likely indelible, scars.
—Essence, 15 Feb. 2025
Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Last season was scarred by injury, but as well as returning to the Champions League, Eddie Howe’s side reached the last eight of both domestic cups.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The wooden floor of the home studio her husband built, still bears scars of her work — a rainbow of splotches, puddles and dribbles of misplaced paint.
—Tim Botos, USA TODAY, 18 Feb. 2025
My Altadena friends survived but with invisible, likely indelible, scars.
—Essence, 15 Feb. 2025
Verb
In some patients, that leads to inflammation and liver fibrosis, or scarring.
—Nina Agrawal, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025
Last season was scarred by injury, but as well as returning to the Champions League, Eddie Howe’s side reached the last eight of both domestic cups.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 5 Feb. 2025
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Verb
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The response was given by Elissa Slotkin, a freshman Democratic senator from Michigan and a new face for the party still licking its wounds from bruising down-ballot defeats last November.—
Joey Garrison,
USA TODAY,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some types of blood clotting disorders may cause excessive formation of blood clots, which can lead to stroke or heart attack—and other types cause too much bleeding, which can lead to bruising, blood loss, and liver damage.—
Steffini Stalos,
Verywell Health,
4 Mar. 2025
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The California firefighter killed in a stabbing last week was captured on a home security camera bloodied and appearing to plead for her life with the woman now wanted in connection with her death, court records show.—
Tim Stelloh,
NBC News,
26 Feb. 2025
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Roseman was left bloodied after being struck in the forehead by a stray beer can during the team's Super Bowl parade.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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He had been wounded last summer, not far from the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine, when a blast from a grenade fractured his right shoulder blade, a bullet hit him just below his right collarbone, another tore through his left shoulder, and a third broke three ribs.—
Michael Holtz,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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Douglas was sent to prison in 1985 after he and three other men were convicted for bursting into the East New York home of a drug dealer and killing three and wounding seven in a case that grabbed headlines for its horrific details.—
Graham Rayman,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Winners will be selected by April 15—the day the fire tore through the cathedral in 2019—and are prohibited from selling, gifting, or trading the stones.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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For the Texans, Kirk’s addition makes sense considering Tank Dell, their speedy, young receiver, is likely to miss the entire 2025 season after tearing an ACL, MCL and LCL and dislocating his kneecap in a game against the Kansas City Chiefs in December.—
Scott Thompson,
Fox News,
6 Mar. 2025
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The Razorbacks gashed the Tigers for 44 points in the paint a week ago.—
Maddie Hartley,
Kansas City Star,
2 Mar. 2025
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They’ve been gashed a bit more in the playoffs, allowing 148 yards on the ground in the previous two games, but with two weeks of rest and game-planning behind them, the Chiefs defense will be looking to put a stopper in the rushing attack that has led the Eagles to New Orleans.—
Kyle Feldscher,
CNN,
9 Feb. 2025
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At its peak in 2022, amid post-pandemic supply chain worries, that premium blew out and rose over 30% as buyers fiercely competed for turnkey space.—
John Walkup,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Allure Allure commerce producer Sarah Hoffmann after blowing out her hair with the new Supersonic R with the diffuser attachment.—
Marci Robin,
Allure,
5 Mar. 2025
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Everything that follows, however, is emotionally lacerating, conveyed on the children’s distraught, confused faces, and hitting Dad like a ton of bricks.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Democrats today recall the Whigs lacerated by Marx in nineteenth-century Britain, another liberal party tied to an arrogant economic elite.—
Matthew Karp,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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In 2022, a 25-year-old woman was gored by a bison and tossed 10 feet into the air at Yellowstone National Park, rangers said.—
Brooke Baitinger,
Idaho Statesman,
4 Feb. 2025
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Three years later, Tip attacked again, this time using his tusks to try and gore the same man.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
15 Jan. 2025
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“Scar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scar. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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