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to severely harm — especially by fire or through criticism

She was hurt by his scathing remarks.

She withstood scathing criticism.
a scathing review of the new film
The article offers a scathing look at the proposal.
The cries of the two parties were now in sound an interchange of scathing insults.
Stephen Crane -- The Red Badge of Courage
"I believe I do," the judge told him with scathing confidence.
Truman Capote -- In Cold Blood
The answer is "Maybe you got tired!" delivered as scathingly as possible; but it doesn't scathe.
Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
"However did you make such a mistake?" said Fielding, more friendly than before, but scathing and scornful.
E.M. Forster -- A Passage to India
And thou, if aught of mine Thou needest, speak, though never touch of thine 74 EURIPIDES Shall scathe me more.
Euripides -- Medea
The guard stuck his head in the other door before I could form a scathing but polite response.
Maya Angelou -- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
"What are you going to do in Phoenix?" he asked her scathingly.
Stephenie Meyer -- Twilight
"No, you were a slacker," went on Carley, with scathing scorn.
Zane Grey -- The Call of the Canyon
"Your tawdry effort in The Daily World," he says scathingly.
Sophie Kinsella -- Confessoins of a Shopaholic
Without raising her voice, she threw into it an infinity of scathing contempt, bitterness, and despair.
Joseph Conrad -- Lord Jim
He delivered the scathing indictment and closed the door.
Ted Dekker -- BoneMan's Daughters
So you can imagine my concern when I learned that four teenage girls are the only witnesses to these scathing accusations made against my own family.
Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl -- Beautiful Creatures
And there were others its touch had scathed.
Kamala Markandaya -- Nectar in a Sieve
No doubt you're right logically, and are entitled to say a great many scathing things about Henry.
E.M. Forster -- Howards End
When he goes back to people watching, she shoots me one last scathing look and leaves.
Susan Ee -- Angelfall
The Head Mistress of Eton was particularly scathing.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

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