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scar

Definition

  • noun: a mark that is left on your skin after a wound heals
  • noun: an isolated or protruding rock
  • noun: a mark left (as in the skin) by the healing of injured tissue
  • verb: to mark (something) with a scar
  • verb: to mark with a scar
  • synonyms: cicatrix, blemish, disfigurement

Examples

  • Divorce can 'scar' a child for life. = Divorce can leave a child 'scarred for life'.

  • The divorce left her with deep emotional 'scars'.

  • His arm was badly 'scarred' after the accident.

Movie quotes

  • (..) -Mr. Langdon. -Yes. I'm Captain Bezu Fache. You like our pyramid? It's magnificent. A scar on the face of Paris. After me, please. It's the pairing of those two pyramids. It's unique. The two are geometric echoes. (..)
    2006 The Da Vinci Code