scar (verb)

  • 31disfigure — verb (T) to spoil the beauty that something naturally has: good looks marred by a disfiguring scar disfigured adjective disfigurement noun (C, U) …

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  • 32mar — verb marred, marring (transitive often passive) to make something less attractive or enjoyable; spoil: His appearance was marred by a scar on his left cheek …

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  • 33destroy — verb 1) their offices were destroyed by bombing Syn: demolish, knock down, level, raze (to the ground), fell; wreck, ruin, shatter; blast, blow up, dynamite, explode, bomb Ant: build …

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  • 34disfigure — verb junkyards disfigure the landscape Syn: mar, spoil, deface, scar, blemish, uglify; damage, injure, impair, blight, mutilate, deform, maim, ruin; vandalize Ant: adorn …

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  • 35spoil — verb 1) too much sun spoils the complexion Syn: mar, damage, impair, blemish, disfigure, blight, flaw, deface, scar, injure, harm; ruin, destroy, wreck; be a blot on the landscape Ant …

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  • 36mar — verb 1) an ugly bruise marred his features Syn: spoil, impair, disfigure, blemish, scar 2) the celebrations were marred by violence Syn: spoil, ruin, damage, wreck, taint, tarnish …

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  • 37a — acar·a·pis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·a·sis; ac·a·ri·na; ac·a·ri·nar·i·um; ac·a·rine; ac·a·ri·nol·o·gy; ac·a·ri·no·sis; ac·a·ro·ce·cid·i·um; ac·a·roid; ac·a·rol·o·gist; ac·a·rol·o·gy; ac·a·ro·pho·bia; ac·a·rus; acat·a·lep·sy; acat·a·lex·is;… …

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  • 38skarpa- — *skarpa , *skarpaz germ., Adjektiv: nhd. eingeschrumpft, zusammengeschrumpft, rauh, scharf; ne. shriveled, rough, sharp; Rekontruktionsbasis: an., ae., afries., anfrk., as., ahd.; Vw.: s. * līka ; Etymologie …

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  • 39pockmark — I noun a scar or pit on the skin that is left by a pustule of smallpox or acne or other eruptive disease • Hypernyms: ↑scar, ↑cicatrix, ↑cicatrice II verb mark with or as if with pockmarks Her face was pockmarked by the disease …

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  • 40leave — 1 /li:v/ verb past tense and past participle left LEAVE A PLACE, VEHICLE 1 LEAVE (I, T) to go away from a place or a person: What time did you leave the office? | They were so noisy that the manager asked them to leave. (+ for): They re leaving… …

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