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Noun
      1. Damage or harm done to or suffered by a person or thing:
      2. A particular form of hurt, damage, or loss:
      3. Violation of the rights of another party for which legal redress is available.
      1. An injury to an organism, especially one in which the skin or another external surface is torn, pierced, cut, or otherwise broken.
      2. An injury to the feelings.
      3. To inflict wounds or a wound on.
      1. To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure:
      2. To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part):
      3. To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress:
      1. An imperfection, often concealed, that impairs soundness:
      2. A defect or shortcoming in something intangible:
      3. To cause a flaw in; make defective:
      1. An imperfection or lack that causes inadequacy or failure; a shortcoming or deficiency.
      2. To disown allegiance to one's country and take up residence in another:
      3. To abandon a position or association, often to join an opposing group:
      1. a disfiguring or being disfigured
      2. anything that disfigures; blemish; defect; deformity
      1. The act of discoloring.
      2. The condition of being discolored.
      3. A discolored spot, smudge, or area; a stain.
      1. A small mark that makes the appearance of something less attractive.
      2. An imperfection that mars or impairs; a flaw.
      3. To cause to have a small mark or marks that diminish attractiveness:
      1. A visible trace or impression, such as a line or spot:
      2. A name, logo, or other indicator used to indicate ownership, origin, or level of quality.
      3. A notch made in an animal's ear or hide to indicate ownership.
      1. A scar left by the formation of new connective tissue over a healing sore or wound.
Verb
      1. To cause physical harm to; hurt:
      2. To experience injury in (oneself or a body part):
      3. To cause damage to; impair:
      1. To strike repeatedly.
      2. To subject to repeated beatings or physical abuse; batter.
      3. To punish by hitting or whipping; flog.
      1. To strike with a strap or rod; lash:
      2. To afflict, castigate, or reprove severely:
      3. To strike or affect in a manner similar to whipping or lashing:
      1. To pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon.
      2. To plunge (a pointed weapon or instrument) into something.
      3. To make a thrusting or poking motion at or into:
      1. To cut or pass through with or as if with a sharp instrument; stab or penetrate.
      2. To make a hole or opening in; perforate.
      3. To make a way through:
      1. To injure, disable, or disfigure, usually by depriving of the use of a limb or other part of the body.
      2. To make imperfect or defective; impair:
      1. To cause physical damage or pain to (an individual or a body part); injure:
      2. To experience injury or pain to or in (an individual or a body part):
      3. To cause mental or emotional suffering to; distress:
      1. A flexible band, as of leather or cloth, worn around the waist or over a shoulder to support clothing, secure tools or weapons, or serve as decoration.
      2. Something resembling a belt, as a number of machine-gun rounds attached together in a strip.
      3. An encircling route.
      1. To cut or form by cutting with forceful sweeping strokes:
      2. To make a gash or gashes in.
      3. To cut a slit or slits in, especially so as to reveal an underlying color:
      1. To squeeze (something) between the thumb and a finger, the jaws of a tool, or other edges.
      2. To cause pain or discomfort to (a part of the body) by pressing or being too tight:
      3. To nip, wither, or shrivel:
      1. To penetrate with a sharp edge; strike a narrow opening in.
      2. To separate into parts with or as if with a sharp-edged instrument; sever:
      3. To sever the edges or ends of; shorten:
      1. An involuntary, spasmodic muscle contraction causing severe pain.
      2. A temporary partial paralysis of habitually or excessively used muscles.
      3. Spasmodic contractions of the uterus, such as those occurring during menstruation or labor, usually causing pain in the abdomen that may radiate to the lower back and thighs.
      1. To define textual content within a document by inserting tags into the appropriate locations. The tags may also refer to elements outside of the document such as images and links to Web pages. See markup language.
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Sentence Examples

  • I don't want to scar the trees.

  • He straightened, his eyes going to the healed scar along his forearm.

  • Unbuckling his belt, he pulled his shirt up and examined the knife scar on his abdomen.

  • Pressing on the scar, he winced.

  • Muscle scar divided into numerous impressions.

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