scar (verb)

  • 21cicatrize — verb a) To form a scar. The stump was dipped in boiling oil to cicatrize the wound. The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night b) To treat or heal a wound by causing a scar or cicatrix to form …

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  • 22mar — verb 1) an ugly scar marred his features Syn: spoil, impair, disfigure, detract from, blemish, scar; mutilate, deface, deform Ant: enhance 2) the celebrations were marred by violence …

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  • 23abscise — verb 1. shed flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of a scar tissue • Hypernyms: ↑shed, ↑cast, ↑cast off, ↑shake off, ↑throw, ↑throw off, ↑throw away, ↑drop …

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  • 24expose — verb 1 uncover sth ADVERB ▪ completely, fully ▪ briefly ▪ suddenly ▪ deliberately ▪ a gesture that deliberately exposed the …

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  • 25fade — verb ADVERB ▪ fast, quickly, rapidly ▪ Hopes of a peace settlement were fading fast. ▪ soon ▪ gradually, slowly …

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  • 26flinch — verb ADVERB ▪ barely, hardly ▪ He hardly flinched when he was hit. ▪ almost ▪ never, not ▪ …

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  • 27deface — verb a) To damage something in a visible or conspicuous manner. That wondrous frame where melody began / Lay as a tomb defaced that no eye cared to scan. b) To void or devalue; to nullify or …

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  • 28heal — verb ADVERB ▪ completely, fully, properly ▪ The wound hasn t healed properly yet. ▪ partially ▪ nicely, well …

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  • 29remain — verb Remain is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cause, ↑challenge, ↑danger, ↑difference, ↑disagreement, ↑doubt, ↑expression, ↑fact, ↑hope, ↑inequality, ↑loyalty, ↑ …

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  • 30reveal — verb Reveal is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑analysis, ↑article, ↑autopsy, ↑census, ↑detail, ↑dig, ↑document, ↑enquiry, ↑evidence, ↑exam, ↑examination, ↑ …

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