The visible marks, lasting effects, and outcomes resulting from destructive or damaging actions
Plural for a mark, typically from physical trauma or damage
“A minor incision from the operation would eventually heal and leave only a barely noticeable scar.”
Plural for mental or emotional trauma caused by an unpleasant experience
“We interpret the remark in the wrong way, become offended and hurt, and an emotional scar begins to form.”
Plural for the face or brink of a rock or mountain
“The shale has locally slipped away from the fault face, leaving a curiously isolated sandstone scar.”
Plural for loss or want of reputation
Plural for a mark or line like a seam, such as a wrinkle or scar
Plural for cicatrix, scar, or scarring resulting from injury or surgery
To mark, especially with a scar, scratch or blemish
“The idea of allowing someone to scar his skin with ink and needles frightens him.”
To cause damage to through scarring
“Though powdery mildew rarely will kill a plant, it will scar the surface of leaves and lead to short-lived blossoms.”
To be mentally or emotionally traumatized, especially permanently
“Finding out that Khloe's photos were actually photoshopped is going to scar me forever.”
To cause physical or bodily damage or injury to
To make a hollow or indentation in the surface of
To make an impression into, especially a surface
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