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scathing
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    She remembered her mother's scathing words.†  (source)
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    He wrote a scathing letter published in the state bar association's journal in which he vowed "never to take another death penalty case, even if they disbar me for my refusal" and urged other civil lawyers not to take death penalty cases.†  (source)
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    This time last year, I would have spoken up and agreed with them and then written a scathing blog post about high school gossip.†  (source)
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    I cant imagine anyone emerging from the Erudite unscathed, though Will seems all right.  (source)
    unscathed = not severely harmed
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unscathed means not and reverses the meaning of scathed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
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    He would second-guess every move Jake made; excoriate Wade Lanier with scathing criticism; curse the negative rulings made by Judge Atlee; offer unsolicited advice at every turn; maintain the constant gloom of losing an unwinnable case; and at times be so unbearable Jake would want to throw something at him.†  (source)
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    Joe College,' said Weary scathingly.†  (source)
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    For my master, whose restless, craving, vicious nature roved about day and night, seeking whom to devour, had just left me, with stinging, scorching words; words that scathed ear and brain like fire.†  (source)
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    "Not if THOU canst scathe him," replied the Captain.†  (source)
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    Then they of Elias' party departed, and King Mark took of them many prisoners, to redress the harms and the scathes that he had of them; and the remnant he sent into their country to borrow out their fellows.†  (source)
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    And this insolent peasant,—he too, I warrant me, is to be dismissed scatheless?†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-less" in scatheless means without and reverses the meaning of scathe. This is the same pattern you see in words like harmless, fearless, and powerless.
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    Except for a few black marks, it's relatively unscathed.†  (source)
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    On those rare occasions when we watched television without my grandmother, we were disappointed; without Grandmother's running, scathing commentary, there were few programs that could sustain our interest.†  (source)
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    The answer is "Maybe you got tired!" delivered as scathingly as possible; but it doesn't scathe.†  (source)
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