SCATHE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The act of damaging something or someone

Synonyms:

damage; harm; hurt; scathe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("scathe" is a kind of...):

change of integrity (the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "scathe"):

impairment (damage that results in a reduction of strength or quality)

defacement; disfiguration; disfigurement; mutilation (the act of damaging the appearance or surface of something)

wound; wounding (the act of inflicting a wound)

burn (damage inflicted by fire)

defloration (an act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something)