Definition of "scathe" [scathe]

• To harm or injure, especially by fire. (verb-transitive)
• To criticize or denounce severely; excoriate. (verb-transitive)
• Harm or injury. (noun)

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• "'scathing satire' (does satire ever 'scathe'?) or Fielding's rough horseplay."
• "Oh, boy, is the letter that I write to Customer Service going to scathe."
• "The bootstrap callousness and sometimes-unnoticed regiment of ones outlook on life can easily scorn, ignore and sometimes even scathe the existence of those who are so heavily compromised."