scathe
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scathe
(skāth)tr.v. scathed, scath·ing, scathes
1. To harm or injure, especially by fire.
2. To criticize or denounce severely; excoriate.
n.
Harm or injury.
[Middle English skathen, from Old Norse skadha.]
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scathe
(skeɪð) orscath
vb (tr)
1. rare to attack with severe criticism
2. archaic or dialect to injure
n
archaic or dialect harm
[Old English sceatha; related to Old Norse skathi, Old Saxon scatho]
ˈscatheless adj
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scathe
(skeɪð)v. scathed, scath•ing,
n. v.t.
1. to attack with severe criticism.
2. to injure, as by scorching.
n. 3. harm; injury.
[before 1000; (n.) Middle English scath(e), scade, schath(e) < Old Norse skathi damage, harm, c. Old English sc(e)atha malefactor, injury; (v.) Middle English scath(e), skath(e) < Old Norse skatha, c. Old English sceathian]
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scathe
Past participle: scathed
Gerund: scathing
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| Noun | 1. | scathe - the act of damaging something or someone change of integrity - the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something impairment - damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality defacement, disfiguration, disfigurement - the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something; "the defacement of an Italian mosaic during the Turkish invasion"; "he objected to the dam's massive disfigurement of the landscape" wounding - the act of inflicting a wound burn - damage inflicted by fire |
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scathe
verbTo criticize harshly and devastatingly:
Informal: roast.
Slang: slam.
Idioms: burn someone's ears, crawl all over, pin someone's ears back, put someone on the griddle, put someone on the hot seat, rake over the coals, read the riot act to.
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