scathe
/skeɪð/
noun
- Harm or injury (archaic, used mostly in the phrase 'without scathe').
- The building survived the storm without scathe.
- The knight escaped the battle without scathe.
- He came through the accident without scathe.
verb
- To criticize or attack someone or something severely.
- She scathed her opponent with sharp words during the debate.
- The critic scathed the movie in his review.
- The article scathed the company for its poor customer service.
- To harm or injure, especially by fire or burning (archaic but still used in literary contexts).
- Lightning scathed the old oak tree.
- The dragon's breath scathed the village.
- The fire scathed the forest for miles.
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