scathe
IPA: skˈeɪð
noun
- (countable, uncountable) Damage, harm, hurt, injury.
- (countable) Someone who, or something which, causes harm; an injurer.
- (countable, Scotland, law, obsolete) An injury or loss for which compensation is sought in a lawsuit; damage; also, expenses incurred by a claimant; costs.
- (uncountable) Something to be mourned or regretted.
verb
- (archaic or Scotland) To harm or injure (someone or something) physically.
- (specifically, obsolete) To cause monetary loss to (someone).
- (by extension, chiefly literary and poetic) To harm, injure, or destroy (someone or something) by fire, lightning, or some other heat source; to blast; to scorch; to wither.
- (figuratively) To severely hurt (someone's feelings, soul, etc., or something intangible) through acts, words spoken, etc.
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