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   scathe

   /skeɪð/

   verb

   • 1. harm; injure: "he was barely scathed"
   • ▪ damage or destroy by fire or lightning: "the pine tree scathed by lightning-fire"

   noun

   • 1. harm; injury: "it was cheering to hear that you had got through winter and diphtheria without scathe"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old Norse skathi (noun), skatha (verb); related to Dutch and German schaden (verb).

   Derivatives

   • 1. scatheless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   What does Scathe Mean?

   • SCATHE definition: 1. to hurt or injure someone: 2. to hurt or injure someone: . Learn more.

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   What does scathed mean in English?

   • , scathed, scath·ing. to attack with severe criticism. to hurt, harm, or injure, as by scorching. hurt, harm, or injury. rare. archaic. “Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 archaic.

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   Where does Scathe come from?

   • Compare Ancient Greek ἀσκηθής (askÄ“thÄ“s, “unhurt"), Albanian shkathët (“skillful, adept, clever"), Polish skaleczyć (“to hurt, scathe"). From Middle English scathe, from Old English sceaþa (also sceaþu) ("scathe, harm, injury"), from Proto-Germanic *skaþô (“damage, scathe"), from Proto-Indo-European * (s)kÄ“t- (“damage, harm").

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   What does skathe mean?

   • Middle English skathe, from Old Norse skathi; akin to Old English sceatha injury, Greek askēthēs unharmed 13th century, in the meaning defined above 13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 “Scathe.”

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   verb [ T ] old use uk / skeɪð / us / skeɪð / Add to word list. to hurt or injure someone: families scathed by war. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Injuring and injuries. at-risk. battered child syndrome. battered woman syndrome. be in the wars idiom. bite. eviscerate. first degree. flesh wound. fourth degree. gash. granulate.

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     SCATHE meaning: 1. to hurt or injure someone: 2. to hurt or...

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   To scathe is to obliterate something as if you'd burned it to ashes — or to direct ferocious, fiery disapproval or anger in the direction of a person. The verb scathe is pretty old-fashioned; these days you're more likely to encounter the adjectives scathing and unscathed .

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   Scathe is a verb that means to attack with severe criticism or to injure, and a noun that means harm or injury. It is a rare or archaic word in British and American English.

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   Scathe means to harm or injure, especially by fire, or to criticize or denounce severely. Find out the origin, pronunciation, and translations of scathe, and see examples and related words.

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   Scathe is a verb meaning to injure or harm, especially by fire, or a noun meaning injury or harm. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage examples of scathe from various sources.