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Excoriation

The act of excoriating or flaying, or state of being excoriated, or stripped of the skin; abrasion.

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Denouncement 76% connected

Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation.

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Denunciation 76% connected

Proclamation; announcement; a publishing.

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Lesion 76% connected

A hurt; an injury.

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Graze 76% connected

To feed or supply (cattle, sheep, etc.) with grass; to furnish pasture for.

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Decry 74% connected

To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Decry 74% connected

To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Itch 74% connected

To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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Itch 74% connected

To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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Scrape 74% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scrape 74% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scratch 74% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Scratch 74% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Scratchy 74% connected

Characterized by scratches.

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Scratchy 74% connected

Characterized by scratches.

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Synonym 3

Abrasion 92% connected

The act of abrading, wearing, or rubbing off; the wearing away by friction; as, the abrasion of coins.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Scrape 92% connected

To rub over the surface of (something) with a sharp or rough instrument; to rub over with something that roughens by removing portions of the surface…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Scratch 92% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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