Scarring

noun, verb

noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A scar; a mark. countable, uncountable

    "We find upon the limestone rocks the scarrings of the ancient glacier which brought the boulder here."

  2. 2
    The repair of an injury using scar tissue; the construction of scar tissue. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of scar form-of, gerund, participle, present

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apulosis

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"At any time in history, in any country you can think of, a child grows up borrowing from parents' values. There are some who would point out that the kind of mentality towards education that some women called "education mama" have, is actually emotionally scarring for the child."

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