scathe

Scathe is to harm or damage, or to fiercely denounce or criticize.

(verb)

  1. When you accidentally brush up against a mailbox with your car and scratch your car, this is an example of when you scathe the car.
  2. When a politician makes hurtful remarks about their opponent, this is an example of when the politician scathes the opponent.

Scathe is a harm or injury.

(noun)

A scratch on a car is an example of a scathe.

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See scathe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb scathed, scathing

  1. Now Chiefly Dial.
    1. to injure
    2. to wither; sear
  2. to denounce fiercely

Origin: ME scathen < ON skatha < skathi, harm, akin to Ger schaden, to harm < IE base *skēth-, to injure > Gr (a)skēthēs, (un)harmed

noun

Now Chiefly Dial. injury or harm

See scathe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb scathed scathed, scath·ing, scathes
  1. To harm or injure, especially by fire.
  2. To criticize or denounce severely; excoriate.
noun
Harm or injury.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English skathen

Origin: , from Old Norse skadha

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