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SCATHE
damage, harm, hurt, scathe
(noun) the act of damaging something or someone
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
scathe (countable and uncountable, plural scathes)
(archaic or dialect) Harm; damage; injury; hurt; misfortune; waste.
Etymology 2
Verb
scathe (third-person singular simple present scathes, present participle scathing, simple past and past participle scathed)
To injure or harm.
To blast; scorch; wither.
Anagrams
• 'stache, 'taches, Scheat, achest, chaste, chates, cheats, he-cats, sachet, she-cat, stache, taches, thecas
Source: Wiktionary
Scathe, Scath, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scathed; p. pr. & vb. n. Scathing.] Etym: [Icel. skatha; akin to AS. sceathan, sceth\'eban, Dan. skade, Sw. skada, D. & G. schaden, OHG. scadon, Goth. skaĂžjan.]
Definition: To do harm to; to injure; to damage; to waste; to destroy. As when heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks or mountain pines. Milton. Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irwing.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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